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Showtime wins

    by wganter

Sorry HBO, Showtime has indeed won. Sure, you still have Curb Your Enthusiasm and Eastbound and Down is fun. But stop living in the past. The Wire is long gone, The Sopranos left you, and Entourage, as Jon so eloquently put it, is tired.

Showtime has Californication, Weeds, Dexter, and I hear Brotherhood is good as well, although I can not comment since I have never seen.

Dexter - Although the city of Miami is a negative, watching Michael C. Hall play a forensic investigator (blood splatter expert) by day and a serial killer who hunts criminals by night is pretty much amazing.

Weeds - Kevin Nealon, hilarious. The suburbs and a mother who is a pot dealer.

Californication - Incredible women, David Duchovny as an amazing writer trying to handle his love for his on again off again wife, his love for Cali beauties, and his love for his super cool daughter. Sounds simple, but an amazing show. If you still watch Entourage it is probably resting strongly on how many hot girls are on it. Californication has even hotter women and actually contains a plot.

Showtime has mastered the characters you should hate but end up rooting for. This includes the pot selling mother in weeds, the serial killer Dexter, and the womanizer/addict Hank Moody. Incredible writing and incredible shows.

Showtime 1 : HBO 0

Oh and this only includes the main characters, all these shows have such incredible supporting casts. I think you could have entire episodes without seeing the main character and they would still be strong.