New (or Old) HBO/Showtime Show Recommendations?

LukinFan

Any recommendations?

Here's what I've seen so far:

Curb Your Enthusiasm (my favorite)
Boardwalk Empire
Treme
How to Make it in America
Bored to Death
Hung
Eastbound and Down
True Blood
Big Love
Entourage
The Pacific
Band of Brothers
Lucky Louie
Deadwood
The Wire
Six Feet Under
The Sopranos
OZ
Dane Cook's Tourgasm
Dexter
Weeds
Californication
Flight of the Concords

marcos

The Larry Sanders Show, best comedy ever, ahead of it's time!

The Juggler

flight of the concords
the life and times of tim

The Fixer

not sure if you're only looking for shows on HBO & showtime...

I am currently watching Mad Men season 2 on Netflix and it's pretty good. worth checking out if you haven't seen it

TM109540

If you liked Lucky Louie on HBO check out Louie on FX. Or watch Eastbound and Down again or get Season 1 DVD with outtakes, deleted scenes, etc. Really good.

TT98

Its not HBO or showtime, but is every bit as good. Breaking Bad on AMC is another great one

The Juggler

teen mom.

intodeep

The Fixer wrote:

not sure if you're only looking for shows on HBO & showtime...

I am currently watching Mad Men season 2 on Netflix and it's pretty good. worth checking out if you haven't seen it

Yeah I will go with this too it is not HBO or Showtime but AMC is going for a similar drama style that you normally only get away with on HBO or Showtime.

I've only watched season one but I enjoyed it.

Kilgore_Trout

intodeep wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

not sure if you're only looking for shows on HBO & showtime...

I am currently watching Mad Men season 2 on Netflix and it's pretty good. worth checking out if you haven't seen it

Yeah I will go with this too it is not HBO or Showtime but AMC is going for a similar drama style that you normally only get away with on HBO or Showtime.

I've only watched season one but I enjoyed it.

MAD MEN IS THE GREATEST DRAMA EVER ON TV EVER

SUCH GOOD CHARACTERS

Cree Nations

ROME was awesome but im not sure if its HBO or Showtime, I think its HBO but am not sure

PissBottleMan

Dream On

I am Martin Tupper.

PBM

BinauralJam

PissBottleMan wrote:

Dream On

I am Martin Tupper.

PBM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzZ0gUiRb5Q

Kilgore_Trout

i've been getting caught up on "the increasingly poor decisions of todd margaret" on IFC... INSANELY funny... in that david cross sort of way

LukinFan

Thanks everyone for the recommendations - please keep them coming!

The Juggler

boardwalk empire has officially surpassed dexter as the best show on tv....by a hair.

LukinFan

The Jeagler wrote:

boardwalk empire has officially surpassed dexter as the best show on tv....by a hair.

Boardwalk is good - but Dexter is still my favorite

The Juggler

LukinFan wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

boardwalk empire has officially surpassed dexter as the best show on tv....by a hair.

Boardwalk is good - but Dexter is still my favorite

love dexter...just seems there's been a lot of holes in the plot this year. it is suspenseful as hell though.

pjsteelerfan

The Wire. Fantastic show. Seasons 3 and 4 were some of the best TV I have ever seen.

The Fixer

Kilgore_Trout wrote:

intodeep wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

not sure if you're only looking for shows on HBO & showtime...

I am currently watching Mad Men season 2 on Netflix and it's pretty good. worth checking out if you haven't seen it

Yeah I will go with this too it is not HBO or Showtime but AMC is going for a similar drama style that you normally only get away with on HBO or Showtime.

I've only watched season one but I enjoyed it.

MAD MEN IS THE GREATEST DRAMA EVER ON TV EVER

SUCH GOOD CHARACTERS

I'm still working on season 2...it's good, but no way in hell it's better than the Wire. That is by far the best show of all time

LukinFan

pjsteelerfan wrote:

The Wire. Fantastic show. Seasons 3 and 4 were some of the best TV I have ever seen.

easily in my top 5 HBO shows of all time

LukinFan

The Jeagler wrote:

LukinFan wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

boardwalk empire has officially surpassed dexter as the best show on tv....by a hair.

Boardwalk is good - but Dexter is still my favorite

love dexter...just seems there's been a lot of holes in the plot this year. it is suspenseful as hell though.

very true, but I'm hoping they did it on purpose - to really bring it all together int he last few episodes

mookie9999

It's already been said, but just wanted to cast my vote for The Life and Times of Tim: AMAZING!!

LukinFan

mookie9999 wrote:

It's already been said, but just wanted to cast my vote for The Life and Times of Tim: AMAZING!!

never heard of that one - what's it about?

intodeep

Generation Kill was only one season but it was pretty damn good. About the Iraq war and done by the same guys that did the Wire.

LukinFan

intodeep wrote:

Generation Kill was only one season but it was pretty damn good. About the Iraq war and done by the same guys that did the Wire.

you sold me with the Wire - thanks!

LukinFan

Bathgate66

If you're looking for a comedic spin as opposed to the drama and suspense mentioned already,
check out Bored To Death on HBO.
Its a quick, half hour turnaround,....
Funny stuff, takes place all over Brooklyn , NY.
Zach Galifinaikas and Ted Danson are hilarious .

jecica

Carnivale - has the same creepy little guy from Twin Peaks and the same WTF feel.

LukinFan

Bathgate66 wrote:

If you're looking for a comedic spin as opposed to the drama and suspense mentioned already,
check out Bored To Death on HBO.
Its a quick, half hour turnaround,....
Funny stuff, takes place all over Brooklyn , NY.
Zach Galifinaikas and Ted Danson are hilarious .

big fan already

LukinFan

jecica wrote:

Carnivale - has the same creepy little guy from Twin Peaks and the same WTF feel.

how many seasons did they have? Never seen Twin Peaks - heard it was good too, though

LukinFan

The Jeagler wrote:

flight of the concords

decided to give this one a try and I'm already about half way through season one and I'm loving it! At first I was like, WTF - but after the first couple of episodes, it has really grown on me. Thanks for the recommendation!