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Black Mirror: The Ideas That Follow You Home

The Att on why Black Mirror remains one of the best TV series: inventive premises, unsettling human choices and far more range than its reputation suggests.

The Wire: All the Pieces Matter

The Wire builds an extraordinary portrait of Baltimore from patient police work, street-level survival and institutions that reward the wrong things.

Succession: The Family That Can't Finish an Argument

Succession is viciously funny family drama, with superb performances and a precise understanding of how money, approval and power become entangled.

Game of Thrones: The Family Business of Ruling the World

Game of Thrones remains an extraordinary fantasy drama: superb characters, dangerous politics and enormous scale, despite the rush of its later seasons.

Tulsa King: Stallone Makes Himself at Home

Sylvester Stallone gives Tulsa King's displaced mobster charm and menace. An entertaining crime comedy, with uneven writing and a very clear main attraction.

Absentia review: a solid thriller carried by Stana Katic

A spoiler-free Absentia review after all three seasons: Stana Katic carries a solid thriller with a convincing central performance and modest ambitions.

Top-Ranked TV Shows

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Rank	Show	ELO
1	The Sopranos	1934
2	Game of Thrones	1922
3	The Shield	1900
4	Gomorrah	1869
5	Black Mirror	1864
6	Peaky Blinders	1845
7	Mad Men	1828
8	Suburra: Blood on Rome	1827
9	The Wire	1825
10	The Last Kingdom	1802
11	Homeland	1800
12	Breaking Bad	1800
13	Fargo	1799
14	Dexter	1790
15	Oz	1784
16	Stranger Things	1783
17	Better Call Saul	1777
18	Tokyo Vice	1774
19	Boardwalk Empire	1773
20	Band Of Brothers	1768