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Failed HBO "prestige" shows

John from Cincinnati Did anyone watch this
brindle laughsome trump supporter lay
  08/01/26
Yes. It was really bad. Did you see Hung? It was better but...
beady-eyed carnelian pisswyrm principal's office
  08/01/26
Hung was a great premise but they didn't land the plane. It ...
Yellow Hissy Fit
  08/01/26
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Painfully honest patrolman hell
  08/01/26
The idea that manwhores who only bang chicks exist is very f...
honey-headed business firm
  08/02/26
Never even heard of it
brindle laughsome trump supporter lay
  08/01/26
imagine admitting to watching an hbo show called "hung&...
odious cruel-hearted base
  08/01/26
No it had a plot and everything
Yellow Hissy Fit
  08/01/26
Thomas Jane as I recall, around the height of his fame. Don&...
beady-eyed carnelian pisswyrm principal's office
  08/02/26
JfC seemed kind of goofy. it had elements of magical realis...
lascivious ladyboy gunner
  08/01/26
Oh yeah, I remember seeing the ads but didn’t ever wat...
beady-eyed carnelian pisswyrm principal's office
  08/01/26
I actually liked treme
Avocado Arousing Area
  08/01/26
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Painfully honest patrolman hell
  08/01/26
I watched a certain amount of it, I hardly remember anything...
House-broken stead
  08/02/26
didn't his character get HIV from shooting drugs? lol that's...
Avocado Arousing Area
  08/03/26
CARNIVALE
spectacular cumskin
  08/01/26
I wouldn’t say this one failed exactly. They had at le...
beady-eyed carnelian pisswyrm principal's office
  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
odious cruel-hearted base
  08/01/26
Bloodline was the last post-house of cards show I checked ou...
honey-headed business firm
  08/02/26
Dream On
Disrespectful Whorehouse Legal Warrant
  08/01/26
I think that was pre-prestige
Doobsian electric karate stage
  08/01/26
yes. i'd say prestige began with the sopranos and probably k...
Avocado Arousing Area
  08/03/26
Game of Franzens 'HBO cancelled its star-studded adapta...
harsh parlor headpube
  08/02/26
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Vivacious point goal in life
  08/02/26
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twinkling half-breed
  08/02/26
Doobs of Breezewood
racy ticket booth digit ratio
  08/02/26
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titillating flirting gaming laptop
  08/03/26
Vinyl Here and Now The Idol The Nevers Run Ca...
gold windowlicker
  08/02/26
yeah cowgod Boardwalk Empire was a huge failure do you ev...
boyish public bath
  08/02/26
It was weird how no one really talked about it though. Like ...
big bronze dopamine school cafeteria
  08/02/26
i remember it being talked about a lot when it was on. after...
Avocado Arousing Area
  08/02/26
(Steve Buscemi)
gold windowlicker
  08/02/26
Jfc cowshit grow a beard after this post
Poppy range
  08/02/26
Vinyl was great, but apparently cost as much as GoT
Gay Sadistic Brunch Striped Hyena
  08/02/26
Many of those were good and/or ran multiple seasons
Gay Sadistic Brunch Striped Hyena
  08/02/26
Vinyl The Brink Winning Time Westworld The Deuce Boardw...
cobalt trailer park juggernaut
  08/03/26
I got really excited about THE DEUCE because I was a kid in ...
Exciting Coiffed Locale Genital Piercing
  08/03/26
wasn't her character like a gutter street walker? It's been ...
cobalt trailer park juggernaut
  08/03/26
idr, but the plot definitely required biological men / male ...
Exciting Coiffed Locale Genital Piercing
  08/03/26
I think you have to take into consideration that perhaps peo...
cobalt trailer park juggernaut
  08/03/26
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/66426-the-past-is-a-foreign...
Exciting Coiffed Locale Genital Piercing
  08/03/26
westworld lmao
orchid adulterous plaza sweet tailpipe
  08/02/26
season 1 was ok but there weren't really any stakes inside t...
Buff hominid
  08/02/26
...
Provocative Dragon
  08/02/26
Great first season. Rest was crap.
spectacular cumskin
  08/02/26
...
Painfully honest patrolman hell
  08/03/26
genuine embarrassment thinking back to watching this
flushed institution fat ankles
  08/02/26
Vinyl is their biggest bust ever. John from Cincinnati an...
Irradiated rigpig resort
  08/02/26
...
glassy aggressive faggotry
  08/02/26
Vinyl would have been a hit on a smaller budget if it was al...
Gay Sadistic Brunch Striped Hyena
  08/02/26
Hot Take: Boardwalk Empire. Maybe too soon to tell but H...
glassy aggressive faggotry
  08/02/26
yeah too soon to tell with multiple years between multiple s...
gold windowlicker
  08/02/26
I just meant it’s not over yet but I think the writing...
glassy aggressive faggotry
  08/02/26
everyone watched boardwalk empire. They just didn’t wa...
honey-headed business firm
  08/02/26
Exactly. It was good not great and definitely not worth a se...
glassy aggressive faggotry
  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 😀
glassy aggressive faggotry
  08/02/26
Luck was actually pretty good. It was gritty and emotional g...
Frum Space
  08/02/26
Wasn't it just that the horses kept dying?
trip gaping weed whacker
  08/02/26
Bored to Death
bright cracking partner party of the first part
  08/02/26
Same
brindle laughsome trump supporter lay
  08/02/26
...
Gay Sadistic Brunch Striped Hyena
  08/02/26
Id have to rewatch but i seem to remember bored to death get...
glassy aggressive faggotry
  08/03/26
...
Galvanic Maize Station
  08/03/26
The Idol was absolutely unwatchable
wine pontificating university
  08/03/26


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Date: August 1st, 2026 6:36 PM
Author: brindle laughsome trump supporter lay

John from Cincinnati

Did anyone watch this

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50039726)



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Date: August 1st, 2026 6:41 PM
Author: beady-eyed carnelian pisswyrm principal's office

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

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



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Date: August 1st, 2026 6:47 PM
Author: Yellow Hissy Fit

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

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



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Date: August 1st, 2026 11:06 PM
Author: Painfully honest patrolman hell



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 7:11 AM
Author: honey-headed business firm

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

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



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Date: August 1st, 2026 6:48 PM
Author: brindle laughsome trump supporter lay

Never even heard of it

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



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Date: August 1st, 2026 9:09 PM
Author: odious cruel-hearted base

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

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



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Date: August 1st, 2026 9:10 PM
Author: Yellow Hissy Fit

No it had a plot and everything

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:54 AM
Author: beady-eyed carnelian pisswyrm principal's office

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

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



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Date: August 1st, 2026 6:53 PM
Author: lascivious ladyboy gunner

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



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Date: August 1st, 2026 7:05 PM
Author: beady-eyed carnelian pisswyrm principal's office

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

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



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Date: August 1st, 2026 11:02 PM
Author: Avocado Arousing Area

I actually liked treme

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



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Date: August 1st, 2026 11:06 PM
Author: Painfully honest patrolman hell



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040117)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:40 PM
Author: House-broken stead

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



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 6:23 AM
Author: Avocado Arousing Area

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



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Date: August 1st, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: spectacular cumskin

CARNIVALE

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:56 AM
Author: beady-eyed carnelian pisswyrm principal's office

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



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Date: August 1st, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: odious cruel-hearted base

was gonna say bloodline but i think thats netflix

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 5:36 AM
Author: honey-headed business firm

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



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Date: August 1st, 2026 11:03 PM
Author: Disrespectful Whorehouse Legal Warrant

Dream On

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



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Date: August 1st, 2026 11:53 PM
Author: Doobsian electric karate stage

I think that was pre-prestige

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



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 6:24 AM
Author: Avocado Arousing Area

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 12:21 AM
Author: harsh parlor headpube

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 7:54 AM
Author: Vivacious point goal in life



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040327)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:58 AM
Author: twinkling half-breed



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040497)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 6:46 AM
Author: racy ticket booth digit ratio

Doobs of Breezewood

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



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 6:02 AM
Author: titillating flirting gaming laptop



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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 6:55 AM
Author: gold windowlicker

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 7:34 AM
Author: boyish public bath

yeah cowgod Boardwalk Empire was a huge failure

do you even curate your ai responses

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 7:40 AM
Author: big bronze dopamine school cafeteria

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 8:04 AM
Author: Avocado Arousing Area

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 8:40 AM
Author: gold windowlicker

(Steve Buscemi)

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:22 AM
Author: Poppy range

Jfc cowshit grow a beard after this post

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: Gay Sadistic Brunch Striped Hyena

Vinyl was great, but apparently cost as much as GoT

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:28 PM
Author: Gay Sadistic Brunch Striped Hyena

Many of those were good and/or ran multiple seasons

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



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 6:07 AM
Author: cobalt trailer park juggernaut

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



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 9:28 AM
Author: Exciting Coiffed Locale Genital Piercing

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



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 9:29 AM
Author: cobalt trailer park juggernaut

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



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 9:30 AM
Author: Exciting Coiffed Locale Genital Piercing

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



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 9:34 AM
Author: cobalt trailer park juggernaut

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



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 9:37 AM
Author: Exciting Coiffed Locale Genital Piercing

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

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 7:25 AM
Author: orchid adulterous plaza sweet tailpipe

westworld lmao

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 8:11 AM
Author: Buff hominid

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 9:53 AM
Author: Provocative Dragon



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50040411)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:20 AM
Author: spectacular cumskin

Great first season. Rest was crap.

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



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 12:30 AM
Author: Painfully honest patrolman hell



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50041976)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 6:14 PM
Author: flushed institution fat ankles

genuine embarrassment thinking back to watching this

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 8:09 AM
Author: Irradiated rigpig resort

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 9:02 AM
Author: glassy aggressive faggotry



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:29 PM
Author: Gay Sadistic Brunch Striped Hyena

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 9:03 AM
Author: glassy aggressive faggotry

Hot Take: Boardwalk Empire.

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

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: gold windowlicker

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

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 9:00 PM
Author: glassy aggressive faggotry

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:08 AM
Author: honey-headed business firm

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

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 8:58 PM
Author: glassy aggressive faggotry

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

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 8:59 PM
Author: glassy aggressive faggotry

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

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 9:06 AM
Author: Frum Space

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

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:21 PM
Author: trip gaping weed whacker

Wasn't it just that the horses kept dying?

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: bright cracking partner party of the first part

Bored to Death

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 9:55 PM
Author: brindle laughsome trump supporter lay

Same

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



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:29 PM
Author: Gay Sadistic Brunch Striped Hyena



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888491&forum_id=2#50041862)



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 8:49 AM
Author: glassy aggressive faggotry

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

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



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 9:35 AM
Author: Galvanic Maize Station



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 9:22 AM
Author: wine pontificating university

The Idol was absolutely unwatchable

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