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This list is based on dramas and documentaries with hour-long episodes. Comedies and other 30-minute shows are not included.


The G.O.A.Ts:

  • The Wire (60 episodes)
  • Breaking Bad (62)
  • Sopranos (86)
  • Mad Men (92)

The G.O.Ahhhh Shit They Fucked Up the Ending:

  • Game of Thrones (73)
  • LOST (118)

The Rest of the Hall of Fame:

  • Battlestar Galactica (73)
  • The Americans (75)
  • Deadwood (36)
  • Friday Night Lights (76)
  • The Shield (89)
  • Justified (78)
  • Boardwalk Empire (57)
  • True Detective – Seasons 1 & 3, skip 2 (16)
  • Black Mirror – Seasons 1-4, skip 5 & skip Bandersnatch (19)
  • Downton Abbey (52)
  • Oz (56)

Catch Up Before the New Season:

  • Fargo (40…)
  • Mindhunter (19…)
  • Better Call Saul (52…)
  • Succession (21…)
  • Westworld (28…)
  • Peaky Blinders (37…)
  • Stranger Things (33…)
  • Ozark (20…)
  • The Boys (13…)

British-y:

  • Luther (21)
  • Sherlock (15)
  • The Honourable Woman (8)
  • Broadchurch (24)
  • The Fall (17)
  • Top of the Lake (13)
  • The Stranger (8)
  • The Missing (16)

One & Done:

  • Watchmen (9)
  • When They See Us (4)
  • Chernobyl (5)
  • Unbelievable (8)
  • Escape at Dannemora (7)
  • The Little Drummer Girl (6)
  • The Night of (9)
  • Show Me a Hero (6)
  • Seven Seconds (10)
  • Band of Brothers (10)
  • Hatfields & McCoys (3)
  • Godless (7)
  • Deep Water (4)

Addictive Docs:

  • Tiger King (7)
  • The Jinx (6)
  • Making a Murderer (20)
  • Wild Wild Country (6)
  • The Staircase (13)
  • Don’t F**k with Cats (3)
  • The Family (5)
  • The Keepers (7)
  • Evil Genius (4)

Wife Shows:

  • The Handmaid’s Tale (46…)
  • Killing Eve (24…)
  • Orphan Black (50)
  • The Crown (30…)
  • Big Little Lies (14)
  • Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (27…)
  • You (21…)
  • Orange is the New Black (91)

Guilty Pleasures:

  • American Vandal (16)
  • American Crime Story (19)
  • Banshee (38)
  • Billions (60…)
  • Narcos (20)
  • Hunters (10)
  • The Bridge (26)

Let’s Get Weird:

  • DARK (19…)
  • The OA (16…)
  • The Leftovers (28)
  • Homecoming (10)
  • Maniac (10)
  • Twin Peaks (30)
  • Mr. Robot (46)
  • Castle Rock – Season 1 (10)
  • The Outsider (10)

Watch Season 1 — Maybe Season 2 — Then Quit:

  • House of Cards (73)
  • Homeland (96)
  • Dexter (96)
  • Sons of Anarchy (92)
  • Ray Donovan (82)
  • 24 (195)
  • Bloodline (33)
  • Scandal (124)
  • The Walking Dead (148…)
  • Rescue Me (95)
  • The Killing (44)
  • Big Love (53)
  • Nip/Tuck (100)
  • The Affair (53)
  • Vikings (93)
  • The Sinner (24)
  • Daredevil (39)
  • Jessica Jones (39)
  • Shameless (126)
  • Newsroom (25)
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