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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Mad Men: Smoke, Whisky and the Cost of Reinvention

Mad Men reviewed: Jon Hamm leads a superb ensemble in Matthew Weiner's 1960s advertising drama. Sharp, funny character writing that rewards close attention.

Gomorrah: Italy's Greatest Crime Saga

Gomorrah is one of my strongest recommendations: five seasons of loyalty, ambition and fear, led by Ciro and Genny. Watch it with subtitles.

Day 5: A Very Bad Time to Feel Tired

The Att reviews Day 5, the survival thriller where sleep kills: an inventive what-if premise, flawed survivors and an unfinished two-season run.

Rome: Great Men, Dirty Streets and Two Soldiers in the Middle

The Att reviews Rome, HBO’s richly inhabited historical drama, with Kevin McKidd and Ray Stevenson at the heart of its politics, loyalties and everyday trouble.

Dexter: The Man Behind the Smile

A spoiler-free review of Dexter’s original eight seasons after a full rewatch: Michael C. Hall, Miami, dark humour and the effort of appearing ordinary.

MobLand: Tom Hardy Makes the Trouble Worth Watching

Tom Hardy is MobLand's strongest reason to watch. My season-one review weighs its enjoyable gangland tension against uneven writing, accents and character logic.

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