HBO vs. AMC vs. Showtime

Most of us would agree that HBO has been one of the best TV channels 4-5 years ago,but now, AMC has taken us by surprise and has become a nightmare for HBO. Showtime is also a rising channel. Which TV channel do you think makes the best drama shows? Here are some shows that these channels have.

HBO

• The Wire
• The Sopranos
• Boardwalk Empire
• Game of Thrones
• Band of Brothers
• The Pacific
• Rome
• True Blood
• Six Feet Under
• Sex and The City
• How to Make it in America
• Eastbound & Down
• Entourage
• Deadwood
• Flight of the Conchords
• Curb Your Enthustiasm
• John Adams
• Extras
• Angels in America
• The Corner
• Oz

AMC

• The Walking Dead
• The Killing
• Mad Men
• Breaking Bad
• Broken Trail
• Hell on Wheels
• Weeds
• Many Classic Movies

Showtime

• The Borgias
• Homeland
• Dexter
• The Tudors
• Californication

P.S. If you guys know any other good shows that each of these channels have, please post them so I can add them to this list.

The killing... :lol: I'll go with HBO.

HBO

• Game of Thrones
• Band of Brothers

AMC

• The Walking Dead
• Breaking Bad

darkassassin911

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HBO

• Game of Thrones
• Band of Brothers

AMC

• The Walking Dead
• Breaking Bad

DigitalExile

Alright thanks, I'll add it

This is seriously no competition HBO is leagues ahead of AMC and Shotime. Also there's alot of Six Feet Under fans so you might want to add that to the HBO list

HBO

• The Wire
• Boardwalk Empire
• Game of Thrones
• Band of Brothers
• The Pacific
• Deadwood
• Flight of the Conchords
• Curb Your Enthustiasm
• Generation Kill
• John Adams
• Extras
• Angels in America
• The Corner

AMC

• Mad Men
• Breaking Bad

Showtime

• Homeland

Of what I've seen from each channel HBO wins hands down. And I still haven't seen The Sopranos, Big Love, Six Feet Under, In Treatment, Treme or Carnivale.

Almost a tie, but AMC first then Showtime. I dislike the shows on HBO.

I was actually just thinking about this, here are the shows I watch from each.

HBO

How to Make it in America
Eastbound & Down
Entourage

AMC

The Walking Dead
Hell on Wheels

Don't really watch anything on Showtime, although I used to watch Shameless and Episodes for a bit

AMC, because:

Breaking Bad>Everything else

HBO. The list is missing Sex in the City. Is it considered drama? Dramatic romance?Pittfan666

Oh wow, LOL, how could I forget Sex and the City, sorry, I'll add that right away.

I was pretty disappointed with Game of Thrones honestly, it just seems so much worse than the books. I've never watched an adaptation where I thought it was better than the books however. My vote still goes to HBO because I still like a lot of shows on it.

overall HBO but I like Breaking Bad better than anything on HBO.

HBO, and it's not even remotely close. AMC would come in second just for their two great shows alone, and Showtime would come in last.

Almost a tie, but AMC first then Showtime. I dislike the shows on HBO.

brandojones

I was pretty disappointed with Game of Thrones honestly, it just seems so much worse than the books. I've never watched an adaptation where I thought it was better than the books however. My vote still goes to HBO because I still like a lot of shows on it.

cain006

Yea, I am not a big fan of book adaptations cuz they can never imo have the details that make it feel almost real. However, I still liked Game of Thrones, Sean Bean's acting was excellent imo.

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Almost a tie, but AMC first then Showtime. I dislike the shows on HBO.

Tropicalshower

Yea, I kind of lost interest after a couple of episodes for some reason though.

you forgot oz

HBO is the best but Dexter is my fav show...but i still pick HBO more for the money

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Almost a tie, but AMC first then Showtime. I dislike the shows on HBO.

brandojones

Yea, I kind of lost interest after a couple of episodes for some reason though.

HBO- OZ, Sopranos

Showtime- Dexter, Weeds, Homeland

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I was pretty disappointed with Game of Thrones honestly, it just seems so much worse than the books. I've never watched an adaptation where I thought it was better than the books however. My vote still goes to HBO because I still like a lot of shows on it.

darkassassin911

Yea, I am not a big fan of book adaptations cuz they can never imo have the details that make it feel almost real. However, I still liked Game of Thrones, Sean Bean's acting was excellent imo.

It also bothered me that some of the characters didn't seem their age (although having Daenerys be an adult is completely understandable :P)

anything but HBO seriouslylightleggy

HBO easily. Band of Brothers and The Pacific > everything

Hmm tough one.

If we're looking at each network's backcatalogue, HBO destroys everyone. No competition at all. You just can't compete with Band of Brothers, Game of Thrones, and the Wire (Sopranos, Carnivale... etc). I'm waiting for more Game of Thrones, Ricky Gervais Animated, and Eastbound and Down.

Showtime I don't care so much for. I watch Dexter (thank you, Movie Central) and Homeland is my favourite fall show, but otherwise, there hasn't really been anything impressive from them. I'm almost inclined to put Starz above them just because of how much I like Spartacus/Gods of the Arena.

I like AMC, but there have been really questionable decisions we've been hearing about the past year. The stuff with the cast of Mad Men, Frank Darabont and TWD, Breaking Bad *almost* getting a budget cut for the fifth season... I'm enjoying Hell on Wheels, but imo BrBa is by far their most impressive offering.

If we're talking the last 5 years:

HBO > FX > AMC > Showtime

I don't think I get HBO, either at home or at res. And I actually like AMC shows. So that.

AMC. Not for the shows, but for the classics. HBO is overrated.

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This is too difficult to decide.... All of them have some of my favorite shows ever; Breaking bad, Dexter, Mad men, Six Feet under, the wire, Walking dead, ugh I choose all three.

AMC cause I don't watch much HBO

[QUOTE="lightleggy"]anything but HBO seriouslysuper_mario_128

ehm...yeah...all of those shows suck big time...guess what people can have different opinions...

seriously...im just gonna rename all of those shows
the borefest, the borefestpranos, deadborefest, six feet under borefest, curb your borefest, borefestwalk empire, bOZrefest, rome borefest, generation borefest, john borefest adams, the corner of borefest, carnivale of borefest, mr borefest show, in borefest, treme of borefest, big borefest, the life and borefest of tims, eastbored and downfest...

oh and true blood, or true crap as I like to call it (dont know if its HBO serie though)lightleggy

AMC. Not for the shows, but for the classics. HBO is overrated.

racer8dan

Yea, AMC is great for all of its classics but I don't think HBO is overrated. Most HBO shows seem like they are high-budget and a lot of care has been put into them. However, some are pretty overrated cuz people get excited when they see its an HBO production.....