With an endless stream of content, it's tough to find stuff that really separates from the pack in terms of quality. Feels like 95%+ of stuff is just ok / meh. What are your top 5 of the last 5-10 years that transcend 'content' and are truly excellent TV? no order: 1. Succession 2. Severance 3. Better Call Saul 4. I Think You Should Leave 5. The Bear
haven’t gotten around to Severance (long overdue) but otherwise my list looks a lot like yours. i humbly nominate Nathan For You. required watching. might be my favorite show ever.
pondering shows that separate themselves from the rest… How To With John Wilson is one of the most impressive shows of the last several years. truly one of one.
This is difficult so I’m gonna self-impose some rules and I’ll split it up into comedy and drama, only do shows that premiered in the last 10 years (so no Sunny or Veep), and shows with more than 1 season. Comedy I Think You Should Leave How To With John Wilson Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Good Place What We Do in the Shadows HM: Hacks, The Other Two, Only Murders, Detroiters, Search Party Drama Succession Better Call Saul Fargo The Leftovers Halt and Catch Fire Must watch shows without a category imo: Atlanta, Barry, The Bear, The Boys
Peaky Blinders Narcos BoJack Horseman Castlevania I Think You Should Leave first four seasons of Rick & Morty were amazing too I probably watch fewer movies/shows than most on here so I'm drawing from a smaller sample I miss peak HBO
Most of the shows I would list have already been done but thinking of miniseries type shows or anthology ones: 1. Chernobyl 2. Watchmen 3. Station 11 4. We Own This City 5. The Terror (S1)
Good stuff so far. Couple that I loved that I haven't seen mentioned: Squid games Mythic quest Blue eyed samurai Dave
Tough to throw in single season / mini-series in something like this because of all the good multi season stuff that's come out. Ted Lasso Peaky Blinders The Boys Dark The Bear Should be able to have single/mini series in their own category there's been enough of them to have a good pool with some variety edit: I need to put Snowfall in my top 5 somehow I’d maybe give Lasso the boot for it idk idk
The Diplomat falls into the Shrinking and Severance category of being great from the onset but still early to put them with the likes Better Call Saul, that proved it could go the distance with quality.
A lot of good ones in here already. I’ll also throw out Mr in between, more people should know about it