10 Most Perfect HBO Shows, Ranked

For decades, HBO was the place to go to mostly for movies and a few sporting events. However, that began to change in the 1990s thanks to original programming. The critical success of The Larry Sanders Show and other hits of the early decade made HBO a name synonymous with top-tier television. Here, sitcoms and dramas could get away with so much more than the restrained shows that aired on network TV. Cursing, nudity, more violence, nothing much was off limits.