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Top Ten HBO Series

To commemorate the Featured Television Blog for the month of December, Band of Brothers, I have gathered My Top Ten HBO Series! If you’re looking for the best series from HBO, you’ve come to the right place, have a look at my favorite series produced by HBO!

Genre Drama Dystopia Superhero Created by Damon Lindelof Based on Watchmen by Alan Moore (uncredited) Dave Gibbons Showrunner Damon Lindelof Starring Regina King Don Johnson Tim Blake Nelson Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Andrew Howard Jacob Ming-Trent Tom Mison Sara Vickers Dylan Schombing Louis Gossett Jr. Jeremy Irons Jean Smart Hong Chau Music by Trent Reznor Atticus Ross Country of origin United States Original language English No. of episodes 9 Production Executive producers Damon Lindelof Tom Spezialy Nicole Kassell Stephen Williams Joseph E. Iberti Producers Karen Wacker John Blair Production locations United States Wales Cinematography Alex Disenhof Xavier Grobet Gregory Middleton Andrij Parekh Chris Seager Editors David Eisenberg Anna Hauger Henk Van Eeghen Running time 52–67 minutes Production companies White Rabbit Paramount Television DC Entertainment Warner Bros. Television Original release Network HBO Release October 20 – December 15, 2019
Genre: Political satire, Cringe comedy, Created by Armando Iannucci, Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh, Sufe Bradshaw, Kevin Dunn, Gary Cole, Sam Richardson, Sarah Sutherland, Clea DuVall, Composers: Rupert Gregson-Williams, Christopher Willis, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons 7, No. of episodes 65, Executive producers: Armando Iannucci, Christopher Godsick, Frank Rich, Chris Addison, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stephanie Laing, David Mandel, Production locations: Baltimore, Maryland (seasons 1–4), Los Angeles, California (seasons 5–7), Camera setup: Single camera, Running time: 26–30 minutes, Production companies: HBO Entertainment, Dundee Productions (Seasons 1–4), Original Network: HBO (2012-19)
Genre: Fantasy, Serial drama, Tragedy, Created by David Benioff, and D. B. Weiss, Based on "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R. R. Martin, Theme music composer: Ramin Djawadi, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons: 8, No. of episodes: 73, Executive producers: David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, George R. R. Martin, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield, Bryan Cogman, Miguel Sapochnik, David Nutter, and Producers: Mark Huffam, Joanna Burn, Chris Newman, Greg Spence, Lisa McAtackney, Duncan Muggoch, Production locations: United Kingdom, Croatia, Iceland, Spain, Malta, Morocco, and Canada, Running time: 50–82 minutes, Production companies: HBO Entertainment, Television 360, Grok! Television, Generator Entertainment, Startling Television, and Bighead Littlehead, Original network: HBO (2011-19)
Genre Medical drama Procedural drama Created by R. Scott Gemmill Showrunner R. Scott Gemmill Starring Noah Wyle Tracy Ifeachor Patrick Ball Katherine LaNasa Supriya Ganesh Fiona Dourif Taylor Dearden Isa Briones Gerran Howell Shabana Azeez Music by Gavin Brivik Ending theme "Fail Forward" by Gavin Brivik and Taji Country of origin United States Original language English No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 15
Genre: Historical drama, Disaster, Tragedy, Created and written by Craig Mazin, Directed by Johan Renck, Starring: Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Paul Ritter, Jessie Buckley, Adam Nagaitis, Con O'Neill, Adrian Rawlins, Sam Troughton, Robert Emms, Emily Watson, David Dencik, Mark Lewis Jones, Alan Williams, Alex Ferns, Ralph Ineson, Barry Keoghan, Fares Fares, Michael McElhatton, with Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, Country of origin: United States, and United Kingdom, Original language: English, No. of episodes: 5, Executive producers: Craig Mazin, Carolyn Strauss, Jane Featherstone, Johan Renck, and Chris Fry, with Producer Sanne Wohlenberg, and Production locations of Lithuania, and Ukraine, with Cinematography by Jakob Ihre, and Editors Jinx Godfrey, and Simon Smith, Camera setup: Single-camera, Running time: 65–78 minutes, Production companies: HBO, Sky UK, Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, and Word Games, Original network: HBO (US), and Sky Atlantic (UK)(2019)
Genre: Comedy-drama, Black comedy, Family drama, Satire, Tragicomedy, Created by Jesse Armstrong, Starring: Hiam Abbass, Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Peter Friedman, Natalie Gold, Matthew Macfadyen, Alan Ruck, Sarah Snook, Jeremy Strong, Rob Yang, Dagmara Domińczyk, Arian Moayed J. Smith-Cameron, Justine Lupe, David Rasche, Fisher Stevens, Alexander Skarsgård, Opening theme "Succession (Main Title Theme)" by Composer Nicholas Britell, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons: 4, No. of episodes: 39, Executive producers: Jesse Armstrong, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin Messick, Mark Mylod, Jane Tranter, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Scott Ferguson, Jon Brown, Lucy Prebble, Will Tracy, Producers: Regina Heyman, Dara Schnapper, Jonathan Filley, Ron Bozman, Gabrielle Mahon, Production locations: United States, England (seasons 1–2), Iceland (season 2), Croatia (season 2), Scotland (season 2), Italy (season 3), Norway (season 4), Barbados (season 4), with Cinematography by Andrij Parekh, Patrick Capone, Christopher Norr, Katelin Arizmendi, with Editors: Mark Yoshikawa, Ken Eluto, Jane Rizzo, Anne McCabe, Joe Giganti, Suzy Elmiger, William Henry, Ellen Tam, Brian A. Kates, Camera setup: Single camera, Running time: 56–88 minutes, Production companies: HBO Entertainment, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hyperobject Industries (season 2–4), Hot Seat Productions (season 4), Project Zeus, Original network: HBO (2018-23)
  • 4. Oz (1997-2003)
Genre Crime Serial drama Psychological drama Thriller Tragedy Created by Tom Fontana Showrunner Tom Fontana Written by Tom Fontana Starring Ernie Hudson Terry Kinney Harold Perrineau Eamonn Walker Kirk Acevedo Rita Moreno J. K. Simmons Lee Tergesen Dean Winters Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Music by Steve Rosen Dave Darlington Country of origin United States No. of seasons 6 No. of episodes 56 (list of episodes) Production Executive producers Tom Fontana Barry Levinson Jim Finnerty Producers Debbie Sarjeant Mark A. Baker Irene Burns Bridget Potter Jorge Zamacona Greer Yeaton Cinematography Alex Zakrzewski Jean de Segonzac Craig DiBona Glenn Kershaw Editors Sue Blainey Cindy Mollo Vanessa Procopio Jay Pires James Y. Kwei Ken Eluto Deborah Moran Running time 55–80 minutes Production companies The Levinson/Fontana Company HBO Original Programming Viacom Productions (seasons 4–5) Rysher Entertainment (seasons 1–5) Original release Network HBO Release July 12, 1997 – February 23, 2003
Genre: Crime, Serial drama, Tragedy, Created by David Simon, Starring: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison, Larry Gilliard Jr., Wood Harris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Andre Royo, Sonja Sohn, Chris Bauer, Paul Ben-Victor, Clarke Peters, Amy Ryan, Aidan Gillen, Jim True-Frost, Robert Wisdom, Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi, J. D. Williams, Michael K. Williams, Corey Parker Robinson, Reg E. Cathey, Chad L. Coleman, Jamie Hector, Glynn Turman, Clark Johnson, Tom McCarthy, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Neal Huff, Jermaine Crawford, Tristan Wilds, Michael Kostroff, Michelle Paress, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Theme music composer: Tom Waits Opening theme: "Way Down in the Hole" by The Blind Boys of Alabama (season 1), Tom Waits (season 2), The Neville Brothers (season 3), DoMaJe (season 4), Steve Earle (season 5), Ending theme: "The Fall" by Blake Leyh, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons 5, No. of episodes 60, Executive producers: David Simon, Robert F. Colesberry, Nina Kostroff Noble, Producers: Karen L. Thorson, Ed Burns, Joe Chappelle, George Pelecanos, Eric Overmyer, Production locations: Baltimore, Maryland, Running time: 55–60 minutes, 93 minutes (series finale), Production companies: Blown Deadline Productions, and HBO Entertainment, Original Network: HBO (2002-08)
Genre: Crime drama, Serial drama, Psychological drama, Black comedy, Created by David Chase, Starring: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, with Opening theme: "Woke Up This Morning (Chosen One Mix)" by Alabama 3, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons: 6, No. of episodes: 86, Executive producers: David Chase, Brad Grey, Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess, Ilene S. Landress, Terence Winter, Matthew Weiner, Production locations: New Jersey, and Silvercup Studios, New York City, with Cinematography by Alik Sakharov, and Phil Abraham, with Editors: Sidney Wolinsky, William B. Stich, Conrad M. Gonzalez, Camera setup: Single camera, Running time: 43–75 minutes, Production companies: Chase Films, Brad Grey Television, and HBO Entertainment, Original network: HBO (1999-2007)
  • 10. Band of Brothers (2001)
Genre: War drama, Created by Tom Hanks, and Steven Spielberg, Based on "Band of Brothers" by Stephen E. Ambrose, Written by Erik Jendresen, Tom Hanks, John Orloff, E. Max Frye, Graham Yost, Bruce C. McKenna, Erik Bork, Directed by Phil Alden Robinson, Richard Loncraine, Mikael Salomon, David Nutter, Tom Hanks, David Leland, David Frankel, Tony To, Starring: Kirk Acevedo, Eion Bailey, Michael Cudlitz, Dale Dye, Rick Gomez, Scott Grimes, Frank John Hughes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, James Madio, Neal McDonough, Rene L. Moreno, David Schwimmer, Richard Speight Jr., Donnie Wahlberg, Matthew Settle, Douglas Spain, Rick Warden, Marc Warren, Shane Taylor, Dexter Fletcher, Colin Hanks, Ross McCall, with Theme music composer: Michael Kamen, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of episodes: 10, Executive producers: Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Producers: Gary Goetzman, Tony To, Erik Bork, Erik Jendresen, Stephen E. Ambrose, Mary Richards, with Cinematography by Remi Adefarasin, Joel J. Ransom, and Editors Billy Fox, Oral Norrie Ottey, Frances Parker, John Richards, Running time: 49–70 minutes, Production companies: Playtone, DreamWorks Television, HBO Entertainment, British Broadcasting Corporation, Original network: HBO (2001)

And that’s all folks! My Top Ten HBO Series! Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next great Top Ten List!

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