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Failed HBO "prestige" shows

John from Cincinnati Did anyone watch this
Vigorous Bistre Shitlib Love Of Her Life
  08/01/26
Yes. It was really bad. Did you see Hung? It was better but...
yellow base
  08/01/26
Hung was a great premise but they didn't land the plane. It ...
Lascivious autistic coffee pot gaming laptop
  08/01/26
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talented bossy chapel cuck
  08/01/26
The idea that manwhores who only bang chicks exist is very f...
Lime hominid station
  08/02/26
Never even heard of it
Vigorous Bistre Shitlib Love Of Her Life
  08/01/26
imagine admitting to watching an hbo show called "hung&...
Excitant Mahogany Mexican Lodge
  08/01/26
No it had a plot and everything
Lascivious autistic coffee pot gaming laptop
  08/01/26
Thomas Jane as I recall, around the height of his fame. Don&...
yellow base
  08/02/26
JfC seemed kind of goofy. it had elements of magical realis...
black codepig gay wizard
  08/01/26
Oh yeah, I remember seeing the ads but didn’t ever wat...
yellow base
  08/01/26
I actually liked treme
Rusted twinkling uncleanness ticket booth
  08/01/26
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talented bossy chapel cuck
  08/01/26
I watched a certain amount of it, I hardly remember anything...
Hairraiser institution boltzmann
  08/02/26
didn't his character get HIV from shooting drugs? lol that's...
Rusted twinkling uncleanness ticket booth
  08/03/26
CARNIVALE
provocative brass hairy legs
  08/01/26
I wouldn’t say this one failed exactly. They had at le...
yellow base
  08/02/26
Yeah it premiered right after the final Sopranos episode. An...
gunneratttt
  08/01/26
was gonna say bloodline but i think thats netflix
Excitant Mahogany Mexican Lodge
  08/01/26
Bloodline was the last post-house of cards show I checked ou...
Lime hominid station
  08/02/26
Dream On
Adventurous cruise ship nibblets
  08/01/26
I think that was pre-prestige
mind-boggling charcoal black woman electric furnace
  08/01/26
yes. i'd say prestige began with the sopranos and probably k...
Rusted twinkling uncleanness ticket booth
  08/03/26
Game of Franzens 'HBO cancelled its star-studded adapta...
180 rose wagecucks step-uncle's house
  08/02/26
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At-the-ready corner
  08/02/26
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Tan crusty university rigor
  08/02/26
Doobs of Breezewood
aqua blood rage fortuitous meteor
  08/02/26
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Chest-beating Harsh Trailer Park
  08/03/26
Vinyl Here and Now The Idol The Nevers Run Ca...
saffron sadistic shrine
  08/02/26
yeah cowgod Boardwalk Empire was a huge failure do you ev...
ebony sick national security agency
  08/02/26
It was weird how no one really talked about it though. Like ...
self-absorbed self-centered jew church
  08/02/26
i remember it being talked about a lot when it was on. after...
Rusted twinkling uncleanness ticket booth
  08/02/26
(Steve Buscemi)
saffron sadistic shrine
  08/02/26
Jfc cowshit grow a beard after this post
Fragrant Boiling Water
  08/02/26
Vinyl was great, but apparently cost as much as GoT
Spectacular property candlestick maker
  08/02/26
Many of those were good and/or ran multiple seasons
Spectacular property candlestick maker
  08/02/26
Vinyl The Brink Winning Time Westworld The Deuce Boardw...
Crystalline Range
  08/03/26
I got really excited about THE DEUCE because I was a kid in ...
diverse faggotry
  08/03/26
wasn't her character like a gutter street walker? It's been ...
Crystalline Range
  08/03/26
idr, but the plot definitely required biological men / male ...
diverse faggotry
  08/03/26
I think you have to take into consideration that perhaps peo...
Crystalline Range
  08/03/26
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/66426-the-past-is-a-foreign...
diverse faggotry
  08/03/26
westworld lmao
startling newt
  08/02/26
season 1 was ok but there weren't really any stakes inside t...
Mischievous field
  08/02/26
...
Trip drab nursing home
  08/02/26
Great first season. Rest was crap.
provocative brass hairy legs
  08/02/26
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talented bossy chapel cuck
  08/03/26
genuine embarrassment thinking back to watching this
supple native
  08/02/26
Vinyl is their biggest bust ever. John from Cincinnati an...
cracking potus abode
  08/02/26
...
mentally impaired lay reading party
  08/02/26
Vinyl would have been a hit on a smaller budget if it was al...
Spectacular property candlestick maker
  08/02/26
Hot Take: Boardwalk Empire. Maybe too soon to tell but H...
mentally impaired lay reading party
  08/02/26
yeah too soon to tell with multiple years between multiple s...
saffron sadistic shrine
  08/02/26
I just meant it’s not over yet but I think the writing...
mentally impaired lay reading party
  08/02/26
everyone watched boardwalk empire. They just didn’t wa...
Lime hominid station
  08/02/26
Exactly. It was good not great and definitely not worth a se...
mentally impaired lay reading party
  08/02/26
Boardwalk Empire was a great premise and had some great acti...
gunneratttt
  08/02/26
As usual, I agree with everything you said in this post 😀
mentally impaired lay reading party
  08/02/26
Luck was actually pretty good. It was gritty and emotional g...
aphrodisiac silver mediation
  08/02/26
Wasn't it just that the horses kept dying?
vermilion fighting volcanic crater people who are hurt
  08/02/26
Bored to Death
sooty center mad-dog skullcap
  08/02/26
Same
Vigorous Bistre Shitlib Love Of Her Life
  08/02/26
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Spectacular property candlestick maker
  08/02/26
Id have to rewatch but i seem to remember bored to death get...
mentally impaired lay reading party
  08/03/26
...
Aromatic Heaven
  08/03/26
The Idol was absolutely unwatchable
blue principal's office
  08/03/26


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Date: August 1st, 2026 6:36 PM
Author: Vigorous Bistre Shitlib Love Of Her Life

John from Cincinnati

Did anyone watch this

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Date: August 1st, 2026 6:41 PM
Author: yellow base

Yes. It was really bad. Did you see Hung? It was better but still don’t think it did well.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50039728)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 6:47 PM
Author: Lascivious autistic coffee pot gaming laptop

Hung was a great premise but they didn't land the plane. It had moments though.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50039733)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 11:06 PM
Author: talented bossy chapel cuck



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 7:11 AM
Author: Lime hominid station

The idea that manwhores who only bang chicks exist is very far fetched

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040305)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 6:48 PM
Author: Vigorous Bistre Shitlib Love Of Her Life

Never even heard of it

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50039735)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 9:09 PM
Author: Excitant Mahogany Mexican Lodge

imagine admitting to watching an hbo show called "hung" that was the porn show right?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50039931)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 9:10 PM
Author: Lascivious autistic coffee pot gaming laptop

No it had a plot and everything

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50039933)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:54 AM
Author: yellow base

Thomas Jane as I recall, around the height of his fame. Don’t remember who else. There was minimal if any nudity.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040488)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 6:53 PM
Author: black codepig gay wizard

JfC seemed kind of goofy. it had elements of magical realism, but was generally too mundane for those elements to mean anything. from what i remember, a lot of it was a domestic drama with annoying and unsympathetic characters.

also, in terms of failed HBO prestige projects, Treme must be one of their biggest flops. they poured a lot of money into that thing, and nobody watched.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50039738)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 7:05 PM
Author: yellow base

Oh yeah, I remember seeing the ads but didn’t ever watch it because it looked dumb.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50039756)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 11:02 PM
Author: Rusted twinkling uncleanness ticket booth

I actually liked treme

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040109)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 11:06 PM
Author: talented bossy chapel cuck



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:40 PM
Author: Hairraiser institution boltzmann

I watched a certain amount of it, I hardly remember anything about it.

Steve Zahn sticks out in my mind. I don't remember how though. I don't remember if he sucked, if his character sucked, or if he was good.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50041878)



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 6:23 AM
Author: Rusted twinkling uncleanness ticket booth

didn't his character get HIV from shooting drugs? lol that's about all i remember. good point tho, not a very memorable show at all. compare that with the sopranos, which has dozens of iconic plot points and quotable lines.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50042118)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: provocative brass hairy legs

CARNIVALE

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50039919)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:56 AM
Author: yellow base

I wouldn’t say this one failed exactly. They had at least a couple seasons and it had some memorable plot lines and characters.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040492)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: gunneratttt (gunneratttt)

Yeah it premiered right after the final Sopranos episode. And it fucking sucked. Turned me on to John Strummer though.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50039921)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: Excitant Mahogany Mexican Lodge

was gonna say bloodline but i think thats netflix

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50039926)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 5:36 AM
Author: Lime hominid station

Bloodline was the last post-house of cards show I checked out just because it was a new Netflix show. Stopped doing that after that one.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040288)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 11:03 PM
Author: Adventurous cruise ship nibblets

Dream On

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040110)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 11:53 PM
Author: mind-boggling charcoal black woman electric furnace

I think that was pre-prestige

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040170)



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 6:24 AM
Author: Rusted twinkling uncleanness ticket booth

yes. i'd say prestige began with the sopranos and probably kicked in around 2000. tv up to that point was slop and for actors who either were washed up or never going to make it.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50042120)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 12:21 AM
Author: 180 rose wagecucks step-uncle's house

Game of Franzens

'HBO cancelled its star-studded adaptation pilot of Jonathan Franzen's novel The Corrections in May 2012. The project was co-written and directed by Noah Baumbach and featured a prominent cast including Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal.'

https://variety.com/2012/tv/news/hbo-says-no-to-the-corrections-1118053386/

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040190)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 7:54 AM
Author: At-the-ready corner



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:58 AM
Author: Tan crusty university rigor



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 6:46 AM
Author: aqua blood rage fortuitous meteor

Doobs of Breezewood

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040298)



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 6:02 AM
Author: Chest-beating Harsh Trailer Park



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50042104)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 6:55 AM
Author: saffron sadistic shrine

Vinyl

Here and Now

The Idol

The Nevers

Run

Camping

The Brink

Tell Me You Love Me

The Time Traveler’s Wife

Luck

Enlightened

Togetherness

Looking

Avenue 5

Perry Mason

Winning Time

Lovecraft Country

How to Make It in America

Westworld

The Newsroom

The Deuce

Treme

Boardwalk Empire

The Leftovers

In Treatment

Divorce

The Comeback

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040302)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 7:34 AM
Author: ebony sick national security agency

yeah cowgod Boardwalk Empire was a huge failure

do you even curate your ai responses

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040317)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 7:40 AM
Author: self-absorbed self-centered jew church

It was weird how no one really talked about it though. Like the complete opposite of Sopranos. It was a pretty good show too.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040319)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 8:04 AM
Author: Rusted twinkling uncleanness ticket booth

i remember it being talked about a lot when it was on. after it ended, it kinda disappeared tho.

a stripper who sucked my dick in the vip room at club risque in philly was an extra on Vinyl (i went back and watched her episode after). she actually met mick jagger's son on set and he fucked her. i was bummed that show only had one season. i liked it.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040337)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 8:40 AM
Author: saffron sadistic shrine

(Steve Buscemi)

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040356)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:22 AM
Author: Fragrant Boiling Water

Jfc cowshit grow a beard after this post

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040440)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: Spectacular property candlestick maker

Vinyl was great, but apparently cost as much as GoT

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50041393)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:28 PM
Author: Spectacular property candlestick maker

Many of those were good and/or ran multiple seasons

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50041855)



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 6:07 AM
Author: Crystalline Range

Vinyl

The Brink

Winning Time

Westworld

The Deuce

Boardwalk Empire

Never heard of half of these, but the above were entertaining. Some of these got multiple seasons, tough to call them flops. Also FUCKKKK that shit Rome was one of the GOAT HBO shows and only got what 2 seasons?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50042106)



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 9:28 AM
Author: diverse faggotry

I got really excited about THE DEUCE because I was a kid in mfh when times square was squalid, and I generally like old new york stuff. and there was a pretty hot latina, iirc

but i quickly realized that watching the show involved committing to the bit that maggie gyllenhall (sp?) was sexually attractive, and that was that

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50042296)



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 9:29 AM
Author: Crystalline Range

wasn't her character like a gutter street walker? It's been a while but I recall her arc being more about GRLLLL power OMG SHE'S A HOOK BUT SMART and figuring out how to monetize selling her pussy and grift some paper off the jew pornographer.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50042299)



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 9:30 AM
Author: diverse faggotry

idr, but the plot definitely required biological men / male at birth, with cisgender penises, heterosexual and straight, wanting to have sex with her, and even trading money for the opportunity.

i can watch flying dragons, etc., but there are limits

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50042301)



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 9:34 AM
Author: Crystalline Range

I think you have to take into consideration that perhaps people were uglier in the 70s, they had little to no access to porn or swipe fuck apps and some of these sweaty, combover bald fat middle aged men might have been desperate enough to fuck her or even worse.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50042309)



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 9:37 AM
Author: diverse faggotry

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/66426-the-past-is-a-foreign-country-they-do-things-differently

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50042321)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 7:25 AM
Author: startling newt

westworld lmao

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040314)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 8:11 AM
Author: Mischievous field

season 1 was ok but there weren't really any stakes inside the Westworld because characters couldnt die like they could in the Matrix iirc.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040344)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 9:53 AM
Author: Trip drab nursing home



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:20 AM
Author: provocative brass hairy legs

Great first season. Rest was crap.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040437)



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 12:30 AM
Author: talented bossy chapel cuck



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 6:14 PM
Author: supple native

genuine embarrassment thinking back to watching this

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50041401)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 8:09 AM
Author: cracking potus abode

Vinyl is their biggest bust ever.

John from Cincinnati and Treme (which I liked) are probably on the podium.

Their overall track record is pretty amazing over like nearly 30 years of doing this.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040342)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 9:02 AM
Author: mentally impaired lay reading party



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:29 PM
Author: Spectacular property candlestick maker

Vinyl would have been a hit on a smaller budget if it was allowed the room for seasons 2 and 3. Season 1 was incredible but it’s per episode cost was more than GoT.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50041858)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 9:03 AM
Author: mentally impaired lay reading party

Hot Take: Boardwalk Empire.

Maybe too soon to tell but House of the Dragon is horrifically bad.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040373)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: saffron sadistic shrine

yeah too soon to tell with multiple years between multiple seasons heretofore.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040423)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 9:00 PM
Author: mentally impaired lay reading party

I just meant it’s not over yet but I think the writings on the wall. 2nd season was a pretty big let down and this season has been much worse.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50041725)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:08 AM
Author: Lime hominid station

everyone watched boardwalk empire. They just didn’t watch a second time

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040428)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 8:58 PM
Author: mentally impaired lay reading party

Exactly. It was good not great and definitely not worth a second watch unlike its predecessors like sopranos, wire and 6 feet under.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50041722)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:15 AM
Author: gunneratttt (gunneratttt)

Boardwalk Empire was a great premise and had some great acting but the plot went nowhere.

Dragon Show 2 is a sequel to a series that ran out of gas even before the OG concluded

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040432)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 8:59 PM
Author: mentally impaired lay reading party

As usual, I agree with everything you said in this post 😀

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50041723)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 9:06 AM
Author: aphrodisiac silver mediation

Luck was actually pretty good. It was gritty and emotional guess it couldn’t hold an audience though

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040375)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:21 PM
Author: vermilion fighting volcanic crater people who are hurt

Wasn't it just that the horses kept dying?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50041842)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: sooty center mad-dog skullcap

Bored to Death

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50041737)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 9:55 PM
Author: Vigorous Bistre Shitlib Love Of Her Life

Same

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50041804)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:29 PM
Author: Spectacular property candlestick maker



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 8:49 AM
Author: mentally impaired lay reading party

Id have to rewatch but i seem to remember bored to death getting better as it progressed.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50042257)



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 9:35 AM
Author: Aromatic Heaven



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 9:22 AM
Author: blue principal's office

The Idol was absolutely unwatchable

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50042287)