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EW lists the Best TV Shows of 2016...so far
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Pagusas
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No Beauty and the Beast series finale on this list is a goddamn outrage.
Here's to the show that transformed the landscape of television, never to be forgotten.
Is this a joke or not? I stopped watching after how horrible season 1 was. Constant "will they or wont they" drama bores the living hell out of me and made the show laughably bad.
Do you count the episode where
Dany kills a all the leaders of the Dothraki, walks out of the hut unburnt and instantly becomes their queen
It's a joke, HBO's marketing slogan used to be (or still is?) "It's not TV, it's HBO".
AngmarsKing701
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I couldn't get through the cringe-fest of Unbreakable's pilot, let alone try and sit through an entire season.
The Americans gets shafted again. Yes, it's on the list, but that show is god tier.
Also, the lack of Black Sails on this list is an appalling affront to great TV. It may very well be the best show on TV. It's definitely the best show that apparently no one (other than my good friend Trejo) is watching.
The Americans gets shafted again. Yes, it's on the list, but that show is god tier.
Also, the lack of Black Sails on this list is an appalling affront to great TV. It may very well be the best show on TV. It's definitely the best show that apparently no one (other than my good friend Trejo) is watching.
lightskintwin
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It's a joke, he's quoting HBO's slogan.
What do you think?
iNvid02
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maybe they disqualified it because those last 2 episodes transcended typical television
Vire
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lightskintwin
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I've been trying to decide whether to jump in on Black Sails. is it that good? I felt like Davinci's Demons never got the credit it deserved and I loved that show.
Game of Thrones aint shit compared to Better Call Saul and I love GoT.
AngmarsKing701
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Slow start in S1. But stick with it. S2 is GOAT level and S3 was great as well. Toby Stephens deserves all the awards.
styl3s
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Then why is Roots on the list? That show was headlining every major entertainment website and dominating social media during it's entire run leaving that off a list would of brought a lot of talk.
Also, leaving something off just get hits and get people talking is a sure fire way to make people think less of your website, not that EW has any "cred" to begin with.
lightskintwin
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I believe he means Game of Thrones have been on people's list for years now and still get's plenty of headlines now.
I probably liked this season a bit more then this season of BCS but only because I appreciate the spectacle aspect of the show. There really just isnt anything like it on TV.
With that said GoT has always been an uphill battle because its not built from the ground up for TV like something like Rome was. So its hard to keep the narrative tight but still deep and layered. The latter which I think the show has struggled with at times.
Octavianus
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No GoT S6 ? WTF Really ? That was the best season of the entire series
It is? I stopped following it a couple of seasons ago. Season one was decent I guess... I never got the appeal.
Felt like a poor man's Rome.
Vire
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The article was published yesterday, Game of Thrones has been over since the 26th.
Shit list is shit.
If season 1 didn't hook you I wouldn't bother. But yes Season 6 was fantastic.
Pagusas
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I honestly never know with Gaf
Odd I tried watching Rome and felt it was a low budget poor mans GoT. And yes Season 6 was nuts all around, everything you expected or wanted to happen in GoT happen this season.
Speaking as someone who really disliked Season 1, but ended up sticking with the show and is now an absoloute Game of Thrones fanatic, I have to say this isn't necessarily great advice.
Well yeah, but there are very few shows that can top Rome. Gods, I was so pissed when that was cancelled.
Chairman Yang
if he talks about books, you better damn well listen
It basically IS Rome, with a grounded fantasy setting instead of a historical one, a focus on lots of main characters instead of two, a bigger budget, and more than two seasons. George R. R. Martin was convinced a Game of Thrones TV series could work in the first place because of how well HBO handled Rome, and wanted a show in roughly the same style. I'd honestly be surprised at anyone who loved one show but not the other.
tearsintherain
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NetFlix getting a lot of love, only one network TV show on the list too is interesting/bad for them.
I'd disagree with most of the list though, only watched 1 episode of Horace & Pete and while its interesting and different I didn't think it was actually good.
I'd stick on there Lucifer (is that 2015 or 2016?), Angie Tribeca, Veep, Game of Thrones, Preacher (but only halfway in), The Americans, Kimmy Schmidt, and The Night Manager.
I'd disagree with most of the list though, only watched 1 episode of Horace & Pete and while its interesting and different I didn't think it was actually good.
I'd stick on there Lucifer (is that 2015 or 2016?), Angie Tribeca, Veep, Game of Thrones, Preacher (but only halfway in), The Americans, Kimmy Schmidt, and The Night Manager.
lightskintwin
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Now you've got me interested in watching Rome.
cartographer
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9?
It's the best show on TV and the most recent season was absolutely amazing. It hits it out of the park on so many levels. I wish more people watched it.
Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys are incredible but the acting overall is top notch. Russell in particular can be absolutely terrifying.
I really liked the Night Manager but they should have just made it 10 episodes or cut some stuff out. The episodes just felt so long. That would be my only complaint, other than that it was fantastic (Hiddleston and Laurie were awesome in it).
Reptars Revenge
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Black Sails, Outlander, Game of Thrones.
EW cmon
EW cmon
Be happy it's on the list at all considering how underrated it is9?
EnlightenedMint
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The Americans is too damn low, easily one of the best shows on TV, shame hardly anyone watches it.
Obliterator
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You realize it is going to NUKE at Emmy Season right? Season 5 already did and 6 was miles better
Lumpy Onion
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American Crime Story OJ was one of the biggest surprises for me given how little I thought I cared about the subject matter. I thought it was an almost perfect season. And while it could have been dry and boring if done poorly I thought it was a lot of fun with some great casting and memorable performances.
30 for 30 is really good too. Only seen the first episode but I am hooked so far.
30 for 30 is really good too. Only seen the first episode but I am hooked so far.
Most of us are still riding the highs of the last 2 eps and forgetting all about the Bad Poosay.
So? Am I supposed to care? Especially since Season 5 cleaned up at the Emmys and that was an atrocious season?
Obliterator
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It.....wasn't though? By GoT standards maybe but not in terms of actual quality. That's why we have things like awards to give a consensus
lightskintwin
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I definitely think you're vastly underrating the universal acclaim that Roots and People vs OJ received as well as their high ratings coupled with the fact as you noted Season 5 already cleaned up.
No, it was bad. Awards like the Emmys are largely politics.
Star Falcon
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Is it hipster to hate on GoT now?
The real crime here is no Angle Tribeca.
According to the thread after every episode airs, yes.
According to the thread after every episode airs, yes.
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