HBO (full name in English: Home Box Office, HBO television network, referred to as HBO), headquartered in New York, USA, is a cable television network media company, and its parent company is Time Warner Group). Launched in 1972, HBO is a round-the-clock television station that broadcasts movies, music, documentaries, sporting events, and more.
Over the years, HBO and its sister channels have a combined subscriber base of 35 million, accounting for 90% of the U.S. pay-TV channel market. This means that at least 9 out of every 10 paying subscribers to U.S. TV channels regularly tune in to HBO. HBO's series such as "The Sopranos," "Sex and the City" and "Game of Thrones" are among the most popular TV series in the American television industry.
Today, we take stock of ten high-scoring American dramas produced by HBO
Part 1: "Game of Thrones" is a medieval epic fantasy TV series produced and launched by HBO in the United States. The show is based on the fantasy novel "A Song of Ice and Fire" series by American writer George Raymond Richard Martin. From the premiere of the first quarter of 2011 to the end of the eighth season of 2019, the whole drama took 8 years, and the whole drama was top-notch in terms of visual effects, music, characters, and plots, and the show was selected as one of the 100 best TV series in the 21st century, ranking 7th, with the highest score on Douban: 9.6
Part 2: "The Sopranos" is a fictional TV series in the United States that reflects the theme of the mafia, and the ratings have been rising, and it has become a frequent winner of the Golden Globe and Emmy Awards in recent years. The series aired on the HBO network from January 10, 1999 to June 10, 2007, with a total of 6 seasons and 86 episodes. Douban's highest score: 9.4
Part 3: "Westworld" is a science fiction series released by HBO in 2016, which tells the story of a giant high-tech Westworld-themed adult park that provides visitors with killing and sexual satisfaction, and as the receptionists have autonomous consciousness and thinking, they begin to doubt the nature of this world, and then awaken and rebel against humanity.
Westworld premiered in 2016 and ended its final season in 2022, with a total of 36 episodes in four seasons. Douban's highest score: 8.9
Part 4: "True Blood" is an American drama based on Charlene Harris's two series of novels "Southern Vampires: Late Night Resurrection" and "Southern Vampires: Death Club", starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgård, etc., premiered by HBO on September 7, 2008, with a total of 7 seasons and 80 episodes.
The play is about a small town in Louisiana, USA, with the development of technology, vampires can no longer suck human blood for a living, but use artificial blood produced in Japan instead. Some vampires still choose to suck human blood. But the vampires were finally able to climb out of the coffins they were hiding in and into the human sphere, ushering in the era of peaceful coexistence for the first time. In the town, a young hostess with a mind-reading skill falls in love with a handsome and mysterious vampire and becomes involved in a series of homicides and an accident that mysteries her own origins have since begun. Douban's highest score: 8.5
Part 5: "The Line of Fire" is a drama-based American drama that tells the story of the confrontation between police and criminal gangs in Baltimore, Maryland. The whole drama was filmed on location in Baltimore City and was shot on a single camera. Former crime journalist and writer David Simon served as the film's producer and lead writer. The series aired in the United States by the cable television network HBO, premiered on June 2, 2002, and ended on March 9, 2008, with a total of 5 seasons and 60 episodes. The show was selected as one of the 100 best TV dramas of the 21st century, ranking No. 2. Douban's highest rating: 9.7
Part 6: "Atlantic Empire" is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by writer Nelson Johnson, directed by Martin Scorsese, Timothy Van Patten, etc., and starring Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Williams, etc.
The play is about Atlantic City in the 20s of the last century, after the federal government enacted Prohibition, the public sale of alcohol became an illegality. Against this backdrop, the story of a life-and-death struggle between various gangsters and organizations for control of the black market. The show premiered in 2011 and ended its fifth season in 2014, and "Atlantic Empire" became the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best TV Feature Drama, with the highest rating on Douban: 9.4.
Part 7: "Under Six Feet" is an American drama that combines drama and comedy elements, created by Alan Bauer and starring famous actors Michael Hall, Rachel Griffiths, Peter Cross, etc.
The play tells the story of the Fisher family, which runs a funeral society, and describes the life of each family member after the death of his father. "Six Feet Under" aired on the American cable channel HBO from 2001 to 2005, with a total of 5 seasons and 63 episodes, and won a total of 46 awards at major award ceremonies. Douban's highest score: 9.3
Part 8: "Excitement" is a suspenseful American drama starring Zendaya, Hunter Schaeffer, Jacob Elodie, Barbie Ferreira, Alexa Demy, Sidney Sweeney, etc. HBO premiered in June 2019 and ended with the second season in 2022, with a total of 16 episodes in two seasons. The show tells the story of a teenager who was murdered outside a nightclub a year ago, and a year after the tragedy, other teenage companions try to escape reality by wasting their time in order to cope with an uncertain future. Douban's highest score: 8.6
Part 9: "True Detective" is directed by Carey Fukunaga, starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. It premiered on HBO in 2014 and will just air in the fourth quarter of 2024.
The show uses a multi-perspective narrative to tell the story of Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey as two detective partners who work together to investigate a 17-year-old unsolved case in search of the Louisiana serial killer involved in the case. The 1995 case, which was wrongly convicted of perjury, left the two detectives involved, Harrison and McConaughey, uneasy for years. It wasn't until 2012 that the case was re-examined, and the story of the loophole that year was discovered. Douban's highest score: 9.3
Part 10: "Roma" is an HBO production, British, Italian, and American co-production of historical TV series, directed by Michael Apter, Alan Colt, etc., starring Kevin McKidd, etc., premiered on HBO in the first season in 2005, and ended in the second season in 2007, with a total of 2 seasons.
The play depicts the history of ancient Rome from a republic to an empire, and the two protagonists, Lucius Volenos and Titus Plo, are just ordinary Roman soldiers, but they have participated in and even influenced the story of many major historical events. Douban's highest score: 9.0
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