HBO Shows
60 of the most popular shows made for HBO, most watched first. Only shows that have started airing are listed, and talk, news and reality formats are left out.
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60 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.Lanterns(2026)
8.4DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Two intergalactic cops, new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, are drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
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2.Game of Thrones(2011)
8.5Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAction & Adventure
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy…
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3.Sesame Street(1969)
7.1KidsComedy
On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.
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4.Westworld(2016)
8.0Sci-Fi & FantasyWestern
A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.
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5.The Sopranos(1999)
8.7CrimeDrama
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist…
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6.House of the Dragon(2022)
8.4Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAction & Adventure
The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins when King Viserys breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when…
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7.Curb Your Enthusiasm(2000)
8.1Comedy
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
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8.Entourage(2004)
7.4ComedyDrama
Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.
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9.Euphoria(2019)
8.3Drama
A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.
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10.True Detective(2014)
8.3DramaMystery
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
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11.The Wire(2002)
8.6CrimeDrama
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
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12.True Blood(2008)
7.6Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaMystery
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and…
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13.Sex and the City(1998)
7.3DramaComedy
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.
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14.The White Lotus(2021)
7.6ComedyDramaMystery
Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.
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15.Six Feet Under(2001)
8.1Drama
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.
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16.The Last of Us(2023)
8.4Drama
Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the United States and depend on each other for…
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17.Succession(2018)
8.3DramaComedy
Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.
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18.Oz(1997)
8.0CrimeDrama
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
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19.Silicon Valley(2014)
8.1Comedy
In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley is an American sitcom that centers around six programmers who are living…
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20.Veep(2012)
7.5ComedyWar & Politics
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.
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21.Boardwalk Empire(2010)
8.0CrimeDrama
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
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22.Big Love(2006)
6.9Drama
The story of Bill Henrickson and his life in suburban Salt Lake City, balancing the needs of his three wives -- Barb, Nicki and Margene-- their seven kids, three new houses and the opening of his newest hardware store. When disturbing news arrives about Bill's father, he is forced to reconnect with his polygamist…
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23.Rome(2005)
8.2Action & AdventureDrama
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
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24.In Treatment(2008)
7.7Drama
The intimate confines of psychotherapy sessions are seen from the perspective of a therapist and individual patients.
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25.The Leftovers(2014)
7.7Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
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26.The Larry Sanders Show(1992)
7.7Comedy
Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look…
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27.Band of Brothers(2001)
8.6DramaWar & Politics
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle…
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28.Chernobyl(2019)
8.7Drama
The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
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29.Tales from the Crypt(1989)
8.0ComedyMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow…
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30.The Pacific(2010)
7.8DramaAction & AdventureWar & Politics
Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.
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31.Deadwood(2004)
8.1WesternCrimeDrama
The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life…
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32.Industry(2020)
6.8Drama
In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as…
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33.Insecure(2016)
7.2ComedyDrama
Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.
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34.The Righteous Gemstones(2019)
7.5ComedyDrama
The story of a world-famous televangelist family with a history of deviance, greed and, yes, charitable work, all in the name of Jesus.
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35.The Gilded Age(2022)
7.7Drama
It’s 1882 and the Gilded Age is in full swing when Marian Brook, a young orphaned daughter of a Southern general, moves in with her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. With the help of Peggy Scott, an African-American woman masquerading as her maid, Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her rich…
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36.The Hitchhiker(1983)
6.2DramaCrime
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
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37.Barry(2018)
7.9ComedyCrimeDrama
A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.
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38.Girls(2012)
6.4DramaComedy
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.
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39.IT: Welcome to Derry(2025)
8.2DramaMystery
In 1962, amid a spate of unexplained disappearances of local children, a group of misfit friends begin to suspect a long-buried ancient evil lurking. As the kids set out to determine what's really going on, a rising unease prompts several townspeople to work together to restore peace – all while a U.S. military…
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40.The Newsroom(2012)
8.1Drama
A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal…
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41.Perry Mason(2020)
7.2DramaMysteryCrime
Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers…
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42.A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms(2026)
8.4DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure
A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros: a young, naive but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great…
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43.Ballers(2015)
6.8DramaComedy
Looking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the daily grind of the business of football.
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44.The Penguin(2024)
8.4DramaCrime
With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and finally give his mother Francis the life he's always promised. But first, Oz must confront his enemies and his own demoralizing reputation as "the Penguin."
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45.Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty(2022)
7.7DramaComedy
A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports' most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.
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46.The Deuce(2017)
7.6DramaCrime
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence…
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47.Dune: Prophecy(2024)
7.2Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAction & Adventure
Ten thousand years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, sisters Valya and Tula Harkonnen establish the fabled sect and female order that would become known as the Bene Gesserit to control the future of humankind.
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48.From the Earth to the Moon(1998)
8.1Action & AdventureDrama
The story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon mission in 1972.
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49.Dream On(1990)
6.9Comedy
The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black and white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or thoughts.
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50.Eastbound & Down(2009)
7.4ComedyDrama
Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school.
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51.Carnivàle(2003)
7.9Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDrama
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology…
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52.The Kids in the Hall(1989)
7.6Comedy
The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy group formed in 1984, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson.
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53.Big Little Lies(2017)
7.9Drama
The tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
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54.The Comeback(2005)
7.3ComedyDrama
For Valerie Cherish, no price is too high to pay for clinging to the spotlight. Desperate to revive her career, she agrees to star in a reality TV series, allowing cameras to follow her every move as she lands a part on a new network sitcom.
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55.The Ray Bradbury Theater(1985)
6.9Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
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56.Task(2025)
7.0CrimeDrama
In the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent heads a task force assembled to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man.
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57.Room 104(2017)
5.7MysteryDramaComedy
An anthology series set in a single hotel room, where every guest who comes to stay reveals a unique set of circumstances and quirks.
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58.Watchmen(2019)
7.6DramaCrimeSci-Fi & Fantasy
Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.
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59.Flight of the Conchords(2007)
8.0Comedy
The trials and tribulations of a two man, digi-folk band who have moved from New Zealand to New York City in the hope of forging a successful music career. So far they've managed to find a manager (whose "other" job is at the New Zealand Consulate), one fan (a married obsessive) and one friend (who owns the local…
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60.Treme(2010)
7.7Drama
Tremé takes its name from a neighborhood of New Orleans and portrays life in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane. Beginning three months after Hurricane Katrina, the residents of New Orleans, including musicians, chefs, Mardi Gras Indians, and other New Orleanians struggle to rebuild their lives, their homes and…
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