The Very Best of Premium Cable Original Programming By Ariel Kana [48 more lists]

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Rank Name Actor(s) Creator Years On Air Network

1

Dexter

Julie Benz, Erik King, James Remar, Christian Camargo, Jennifer Carpenter, Jaime Murray, Courtney Ford, Julia Stiles, Michael C. Hall, David Zayas, C.S. Lee, Lauren Vélez, Jonny Lee Miller, Devon Graye, Preston Bailey, Molly Parker, Christina Robinson, Desmond Harrington, Mark Pellegrino, Edward James Olmos, Jimmy Smits, Keith Carradine, John Lithgow, Margo Martindale More

James Manos, Jr.

2006-10-01

Showtime

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2

The Wire

Idris Elba, Aidan Gillen, Hassan Johnson, Clark Johnson, Thomas McCarthy, Marlyne Afflack, Frankie Faison, Reg E. Cathey, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Megan Anderson, Sam Freed, James Ransone, Pablo Schreiber, Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wood Harris, Larry Gilliard Jr., Wendell Pierce, Clarke Peters, Michael K. Williams, Deirdre Lovejoy, J. D. Williams, Paul Ben-Victor, Jamie Hector, Michael B. Jordan, Andre Royo, Glynn Turman, Peter Gerety, Seth Gilliam, Chris Bauer, Domenick Lombardozzi, Corey Parker Robinson, Jim True-Frost, Robert Wisdom, Amy Ryan, Neal Huff, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Michael Kostroff, John Doman, Jermaine Crawford, Tristan Wilds, Michelle Paress, Chad Coleman, Robert F. Chew, Felicia Pearson, Michael Potts, Bill Raymond, Charley Scalies, Chris Ashworth, Maria Broom, Richard Hidlebird, Tootsie Duvall, Dan Deluca, David Costabile, Brandon Young, William F. Zorzi, Donald Neal, Todd Scofield, Robert Poletick, Bruce Kirkpatrick, Kara Quick, Delaney Williams More

David Simon

2002-06-02

BBC Four, HBO

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Kaitlin Olson, Michael Richards, Ted Danson, Wanda Sykes, Sierra McCormick, Elisabeth Shue, Beatrice Arthur, Bobby Lee, Paul Dooley, Hugh Hefner, Tia Carrere, Anton Yelchin, Jeff Garlin, Richard Lewis, Shelley Berman, Susie Essman, Julie Payne, Bob Einstein, Rob Reiner, Jerry Seinfeld, Mary Steenburgen, J. B. Smoove, Ricky Gervais, Aisha Tyler, Jason Alexander, Antoinette Spolar, Christine Taylor, Joan Rivers, Catherine O'Hara, Meg Ryan, Martin Scorsese, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Vivica A. Fox, Mekhi Phifer, Samantha Mathis, Judah Friedlander More

Larry David

2000-10-15

HBO

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4

Game of Thrones

Donald Sumpter, Maisie Williams, Harry Lloyd, Peter Dinklage, Alfie Owen-Allen, Richard Madden, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Jack Gleeson, Sophie Turner, James Cosmo, Kit Harington, Carice van Houten, Jason Momoa, Charles Dance, Mark Addy, Jerome Flynn, Esmé Bianco, Sean Bean, Conleth Hill, Aidan Gillen, Rory McCann, Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Iain Glen, Michelle Fairley, Isaac Hempstead-Wright More

David Benioff, D. B. Weiss

2011-04-17

HBO

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5

The Larry Sanders Show

Linda Doucett, Michael Richards, Richard Lewis, Catherine O'Hara, Rob Reiner, Ed McMahon, Nicollette Sheridan, Billy Crystal, Penny Johnson Jerald, Wallace Langham, Hugh Hefner, Kathryn Harrold, Jason Alexander, Victoria Principal, Henry Winkler, Roseanne Barr, Janeane Garofalo, Danny DeVito, Vince Vaughn, Norm Macdonald, Chris Farley, Garry Shandling, Burt Reynolds, David Letterman, Sarah Silverman, Sharon Stone, Rob Lowe, Kevin Nealon, Kathy Ireland, Scott Thompson, Jeremy Piven, Jeffrey Tambor, Rip Torn, Megan Gallagher, Sid Newman, Jerry Seinfeld, John Stamos More

Garry Shandling, Dennis Klein

1992-08-15

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6

Mr. Show

Jay Johnston, Jack Black, Janeane Garofalo, Scott Adsit, Brian Posehn, Mary Lynn Rajskub, John Ennis, Ben Stiller, Paul F. Tompkins, Jill Talley, Tom Kenny, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, Sarah Silverman, Vince Vaughn, Marlon Wayans More

David Cross, Bob Odenkirk

1995-11-03

HBO

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7

Extras

Stephen Merchant, Shaun Williamson, Ross Kemp, Ashley Jensen, Ricky Gervais, David Tennant, Diana Rigg, Ben Stiller, Daniel Radcliffe, Shaun Pye, Sophia Myles More

Stephen Merchant, Ricky Gervais

2005-07-21

BBC Two, HBO

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8

Californication

Rachel Miner, Callum Keith Rennie, Kathleen Turner, David Duchovny, Madeleine Martin, Angus Macfadyen, Natascha McElhone, Sheri Moon, Peter Gallagher, Rob Lowe, Michael Ealy, Eva Amurri, Madeline Zima, Evan Handler, Diane Farr, Zoë Kravitz, Carla Gugino, Embeth Davidtz, Ellen Woglom, Pamela Adlon, Carla Gallo, Alexis Arquette, Ezra Miller More

Tom Kapinos

2007-08-13

Showtime

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9

True Blood

Kevin Alejandro, Chris Bauer, Lois Smith, Evan Rachel Wood, Raoul Trujillo, Alexander Skarsgård, Lynn Collins, Michael Raymond-James, Carrie Preston, William Sanderson, Christina Moore, Joe Manganiello, Anna Paquin, Lindsay Pulsipher, Anna Camp, Fiona Shaw, Jessica Stroup, Nelsan Ellis, Danielle James, Denis O'Hare, Kristin Bauer, Ryan Kwanten, Jessica Tuck, Rutina Wesley, Lizzy Caplan, Courtney Ford, Jim Parrack, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Jim Parrack, Adina Porter, Stephen Root, Michelle Forbes, Mehcad Brooks, Michael McMillian, Marshall Allman, Deborah Ann Woll, Todd Lowe, Mariana Klaveno, Janina Gavankar, Lauren Bowles, Wes Brown More

Alan Ball

2008-09-07

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10

Weeds

Maulik Pancholy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Indigo, Michelle Trachtenberg, Julie Bowen, Elizabeth Perkins, Kevin Nealon, Indigo, Matthew Modine, Jamie Renée Smith, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mary-Kate Olsen, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mary-Louise Parker, Tonye Patano, Erin Sanders, Alexander Gould, Joey Luthman, Hunter Parrish, Kate del Castillo, Albert Brooks, Renee Victor, Allie Grant, Kay Panabaker, Ayla Kell, Andy Milder, Romany Malco, Justin Kirk, Daryl Sabara, Tyrone Mitchell, Jane Lynch, Jeffrey Ross More

Jenji Kohan

2005-08-08

Showtime

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