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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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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Dogs of Berlin: Two Detectives, No Clean Hands
Dogs of Berlin is a standout German crime drama. My spoiler-free review of its full season, watched with subtitles, and its excellent central pairing.
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The Shield: Vic Mackey's Problems Don't Stay Solved
The Shield combines relentless police-drama tension with accumulating consequences. Michael Chiklis and Walton Goggins lead an exceptional seven-season crime story.
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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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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.
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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.
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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 |