Honest TV Show Reviews, Ranked Without Hype
Find your next series through spoiler-free reviews, head-to-head ELO rankings, and honest long-form analysis from a lifelong TV enthusiast.
Featured Reviews
A fresh selection from the archive, rotated daily.
Homeland: Eight Seasons of Suspicion
My Homeland review after watching all eight seasons: Claire Danes, Carrie and Saul, and a spy thriller that keeps finding reasons to stay.
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Cape Fear: A Thriller Worth Second-Guessing
The Att reviews Cape Fear (2026): a tense, absorbing thriller with writing that keeps you guessing, and why watching the 1991 film first worked for me.
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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.
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Inventing Anna: The Confidence to Send Someone Else the Bill
The Att reviews Inventing Anna: Julia Garner’s extraordinary confidence trick, the appeal of borrowed glamour, and a story that sometimes takes too long to tell.
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Battlestar Galactica: Sometimes You Have to Roll a Hard Six
A spoiler-free Battlestar Galactica review: Starbuck, Adama and an enduring soft spot, with a qualified recommendation for space-opera fans watching today.
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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.
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The current top twenty from our head-to-head ELO leaderboard.
| Rank | Show | ELO | Watchlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |