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.

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1883: A Western Prequel Done Right

My review of the complete 1883 series: a beautiful, harsh Western with Isabel May, Sam Elliott and a Dutton family worth following.

StartUp: Good Ideas, Very Bad Seed Money

StartUp turns a cryptocurrency venture into an engrossing Miami crime thriller, with Edi Gathegi, Otmara Marrero, Adam Brody and Martin Freeman.

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.

The West Wing: Great Company in the Corridors of Power

The West Wing reviewed: Aaron Sorkin's dialogue, Martin Sheen's Bartlet and a superb ensemble make government engrossing, funny television. Spoiler-free.

The Big Bang Theory review: brilliant company, terrible flatmates

A highly recommended sitcom, with Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco and an excellent ensemble finding comedy in friendship, science and the smallest disagreements.

Your Honor: A Good Man Who Knows How to Do the Wrong Thing

The Att reviews Your Honor, the New Orleans crime drama in which Bryan Cranston turns a father’s desperate choice into a compelling chain of consequences.

Top-Ranked TV Shows

The current top twenty from our head-to-head ELO leaderboard.

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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