Which cable channel produces the best quality adult dramas?

[JJJ's Ulcer]

With a couple of exceptions like Lost and Fringe, I can't compare the quality of programming on network TV (like CSI, Law and Order, Grey's Anatomy) with the vastly superior programming that has sprouted up on cable networks over the last decade. More creative freedom is granted to the show-runners, the premises are more original, the characters are more realistic and charismatic, the twists smarter, the writing more intelligent and most importantly shark-jumping is kept to a minimum. But which among these are the best?

HBO... The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, True Blood, Big Love, Deadwood, The Wire, Rome, Carnivale and many more.

FX... The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, Sons of Anarchy, Damages, etc...

Showtime... Dexter, Weeds, The Tudors, Nurse Jackie, etc

AMC... Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Rubicon

Starz... Spartacus, Crash

 

[Prison Mike]

I'm going to go with AMC. I love Mad Men and Rubicon. I'm thinking about getting into Breaking Bad also. I do love the other channels too but I usually watch maybe one show each from them.

 

[Mogwai]

Hbo

 

[superhero]

my two favortie are usa they got white collor and psych and burn noticed i like tnt a lot i like dark blue levarge and riss and issle. they got some good shows.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

I'm going to go with AMC. I love Mad Men and Rubicon. I'm thinking about getting into Breaking Bad also. I do love the other channels too but I usually watch maybe one show each from them.

Breaking Bad is awesome. Just watching it on DVD now.

I think HBO had the best shows during the Sopranos/The Wire era, but the mantle is being passed to AMC and Showtime these days.


superhero, I haven't seen Burn Notice. Should I check it out? I did see Monk on USA and liked it (in its early years).

 

[Keyser Soze]

I'll go with AMC, because Breaking Bad and Mad Men are, in my opinion, the two best shows on TV right now. And of course The Walking Dead looks amazing.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

HBO

Although, other cable channels make some excellent shows, compared to HBO's ENORMOUS back catalogue of quality programming, they're only really just beginning...

 

[Soapy]

Amc

Arggh! Why does the Hype insist on not letting me type out Amc in all caps?

 

[The Demon's Head]

Torn between AMC and FX.