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I don't watch stuff unless it has ended and is reccomended by someone who watches shows I generally enjoy. Here's my pitch for the golden age of TV, though most of these are from a few years back. Most on HBO.

The Wire

The Sopranos

Generation Kill

The Deuce

Treme

Show me a Hero

Luck

The Expanse

Sillicon Valley (not actually that funny but like a documentary of our field)

Mad Men

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Obviously any such list is subjective, but I have are a few strong contenders for inclusion.

Breaking Bad

Narcos

Battlestar Galactica

And some weaker contenders: Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, Crash and Burn

So, I see this and think "ooh, BG, I'd watch that again". Then I think, how do I find it, will I need a new subscription, it's probably not even available in my geographical area ... or I could probably go to a Torrent site and be watching it in 5 minutes (the limitation being the speed of my internet connection).

As copyright is system granted by the demos I'd love to force federation by creating a 'most-favoured nation'-type deal where if you offer content to one delivery company you have to make it available to all (maybe after a 1 year exclusivity period) for the same price. Under such a regime everyone gets paid but artificial monopolies are restricted (such monopolies don't help the demos so why allow copyright to be used to create them??).

The proliferation of content provider apps is getting silly and we should mould copyright to serve the people.

And I think Better Call Saul is even better than Breaking Bad

You are not alone.

I've never heard of crash and burn I'll check it out!

Waiting on stranger things to end

I enjoyed Breaking Bad, Narcos, Battlestar, and some of the game of thrones seasons.

If you liked Narcos you might also like ZeroZeroZero. It's a miniseries on Amazon with really high production value.

Deadwood. Re-watching it now after 10+ years and am (again) impressed. Given the abundance of -isms in that show, I'm doubtful it would even be made today, which makes it even more of a find.

I'd add Arcane on Netflix, which is also on the top 20 shows of all time on IMBD.

I think Arcane is probably the worst scripted show I've ever watched. It makes me immediately skeptical of ratings. My only hypothesis is that everyone enjoying it has never read a book.

Its basically a live action comic book and it does that well though its not everyone's thing.

And if you like Arcane, I'd recommend She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (also on Netflix).

Yes. Though stepping back a little further, I'd add (with some qualification):

24 (which perhaps opened my eyes to TV overtaking film in new ways) Lost Buffy

And then further still:

The X Files This Life (UK only?)

Band of Brothers? Succession? Severance?

true detective, season 1

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