TV Shows
How does a show make my list?
1. After watching an episode, it feels like I just watched an entire movie
2. Superb writing
3. Great acting
4. Great characters
5. Few contrived scenes or storylines
6. Pacing is quick. Doesn’t feel like a 10 episode season could have been done in 4-5 shows
7. Each episode leaves you satisfied. Multiple storylines that conclude, not just 1 drawn out one.
Top TV Recommended Shows in order:
- 10 Justified
- 10 Banshee
(Seasons 1 & 2) - 10 Game of Thrones
- 10 Sons of Anarchy
- 10 Deadwood
- 10 Yellowstone
/Peacock - 10 Warrior
- 10 1823
- 10 Ray Donovan
- 9.5 Lord of the Rings
- 9.5 The Shield
- 9.5 Dexter
- 9.5 Ozark
- 9.5 House of Dragons
- 9.5 The Black Donnellys (NBC. 1 season then cancelled)
- 9.5 Mandalorian
- 9 Queens Gambit
- 9 Godless
- 9 Breaking Bad
- 9 Better Call Saul
- 9 Task
- 9 Nobody Wants This
- 9 Suits
- 9 Madam Secretary
- 9 Lioness
- 9 Landman
- 9 Big Love
- 9 Hannah
- 9 Goliath Season #1
- 9 Marco Polo
- 8.5 Spartacus
- 8.5 Tyrant (FX)
- 8.5 The Wire
- 8.5 Animal Kingdom
- 8.5 Californication
- 8.5 The Gilded Age
- 8.5 Fallout
- 8 New Amsterdam (NBC)
- 8 The Good Doctor (ABC)
- 8 Hung
- 8 Mayer of Easttown
- 8 Weeds
- 8 Fargo (FX)
- The Pitt
- 8 Your Honor
- 8 Kingdom – MMA (Peacock / FX)
- 8 Friday Night Lights
- 8 Tulsa King
- 8 The Witcher
- 8 Watchmen
- 8 Barkskins (NATGEO)
- 8 Mare of Easttown
- The Last of Us
- 8 White Lotus (S2 better than S1, S3 least favorite)
- 8 Westworld
- 8 The Orville
- 8 The Mayans
Recommended (7s No particular order)
- Winds of Time
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Masters of Sex
- Drops of God
- Reacher
- The Good Fight
- The Newsroom
- Into the Badlands
- The Diplomat
- The Walking Dead
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- This is Us
- Perry Mason (2020)
- Sopranos
- Lost In Space x
- MurderBot
- Raised By Wolves
- Divorce
- Rectify
- 8 The Last Ship (Season #1)
- Mrs. Fletcher
- The Affair
- Devs
- Outlander
- The Boys
- Gypsy
- David Makes Man
- Defiance
- Alone
- With Love
- The Last Kingdom
- Joe Picket
- Black Bird
- Shrinking
- Somebody Somewhere
- Dying for Sex