HBO has set itself as a perfect place for standard original TV shows. Let’s face it, every Sunday night when a new show is premiering on HBO, you want to check it out because it is always worth it. The scope of the material, however, may be immense for you. It does not matter if you are watching HBO online, on-demand, or for free – there is a range of stuff available to choose from.

But do not worry, we have got you covered! In this article, we have compiled a list of the best TV shows on HBO. Be it a sci-fi thriller, unique comedies, or historical dramas, we have tried to include everything. So, let us dig in!

Six Feet Under

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Created by: Alan Ball

Cast: Michael C. Hall, Peter Krause, James Cromwell, Freddy Rodriguez, Lauren Ambrose, Mathew St. Patrick, Rachel Griffiths, Jeremy Sisto, and Frances Conroy

Number of Seasons: 05

Years: 2001 – 2005

Six feet under is a must-watch series. It is based on the lives of a family who operates a funeral home in Los Angeles. As the name suggests, the show mostly revolves around deaths.

Veep

Genre: Comedy

Created by: Armando Iannucci

Cast: Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Reid Scott, Matt Walsh, Timothy Simons, Kevin Dunn, Sarah Sutherland, Gary Cole, Clea Duvall, and Sam Richardson 

Number of Seasons: 07

Years: 2012 – 2019

Veep is undoubtedly one of the best comedies you have ever watched. It depicts the tale of a lady Selina Meyer (Former Senator) who after becoming the Vice President soon realizes that it is not at all how she imagined it to be. 

The Wire

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Comedy

Created by: David Simon

Cast: Dominic West, Wood Harris, Michael K., Amy Ryan, Williams Deirdre Lovejoy, Jr., Idris Elba, Larry Gillard, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Chris Bauer, Aidan Gillen, and Wendell Pierce

Number of Seasons: 05

Years: 2002 – 2008

The Wire displays the corrupt institutions and drug crime in Baltimore by inspecting the underlying issue at every possible level. The particular scope of focus alters every season.

Looking

Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy

Created by: Michael Lannan

Cast: Jonathan Groff, Murray Bartlett, Frankie J. Alvarez, Lauren Weedman, Raúl Castillo, Russell Tovey

Number of Seasons: 02

Years: 2014 – 2015

Looking is a slice-of-life journey filled up with authenticity, personality, soulful performances, and some of the most amazing dramedy cinematography you will ever watch. The show portrays adventures and occurrences of three close friends residing and falling in love in modern-day San Francisco.

Game of Thrones

Genre: Drama, Adventure, Action

Created by: D.B. Weiss, David Benioff

Cast: Kit Harington, Peter Dinklage, Sophie Turner, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Michelle Fairley, Richard Madden, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gwendoline Christie, Maisie Williams, Sean Bean, and others

Number of Seasons: 08

Years: 2011 – 2019

Have you ever heard of things that only happen once in the entire lifetime? Game of Thrones also falls in that category.  Almost every person across the globe world was watching this show when the season finale wrapped up all the suspense and finished the amazing story. 

It is a story about the fight of nine honorable families over the control of lands of Westeros, while an old foe returns after being asleep for a thousand years. If you still haven’t watched this super-hyped show, then tune it right now!

The Sopranos

Genre: Drama, Crime

Created by: David Chase

Cast: James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Imperioli, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Sirico, Dominic Chianese

Number of Seasons: 06

Years: 1999 – 2007

A tale of a mob boss in New Jersey, Tony Soprano, who struggles with his professional and personal problems in both business and home that negatively impact his mental health and forces him to go for professional counseling.

Bottom Line

HBO is full of a boatload of shows you can watch anytime. But, we want you to do more binge-watching and less binge-searching, so we have put together and shared our list of top TV shows you can watch on HBO. 

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