2018 was the year were HBO’s most acclaimed Games of Thrones was not released for its last season as it is slated to release in April, 2019. So what best shows from 2018 did HBO produce in TV? We did list top 25 best HBO series of all time, but it’s now time to check top 10 best HBO tv shows from 2018. The list is not in the order of their rank.
1. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Season 5
The HBO’s comedy talk show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver team has found a way to take a seemingly complicated issues, removing the talking points and cultural trunks surrounding it and breaking it into understandable parts and then slowly rebuilding it.
Oliver cleverly makes fun of the relative ignorance of the American TV audience when it comes to world affairs. The show is the winner of 12 times Primetime Emmy award with other 24 wins and 34 other nominations.
Written By: Kenneth Chisholm
Stars: John Oliver, David Kaye, Noel MacNeal
Number of Seasons: 5
Season 5 Released Date: 18th February 2018
IMDb Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100%
2. Barry
The latest “HBO” series Barry is the perfect mixture of comedy and drama where entertainment does not seem to stop at all. The story is of the Midwest man working as a hitman, when goes to West Coast for the job, things occurs, and his life takes a spin that lands him in an acting class.
The plot of the story is humorous, funny and charming which adds masterclass to the series and the environment where everyone can blossom. The producers of this series are known for hit shows like Seinfeld and Silicon Valley.
Created By: Alec Berg, Bill Hader
Stars: Bill Hader, Henry Winkler, Stephen Root
Released Date: 25th March 2018
IMDb Rating: 8.2 out of 10
Rotten Tomatoes Ratings: 99%
Second Season Release Date: 2019
3. Westworld Season 2
Westworld is one of the finest stars powered, gorgeously shot philosophy classed show on earth by HBO, nominated for 4 golden globe with other 36 win and 126 other nominations. Westworld is a show that is extremely determined yet severely frustrating with characters who range from sharp stimulating to most over used ideas and phrases.
The series with perfect story plot and an ending which is stunningly realized and boldly satisfying with bigger brain twister that keeps arising more questions than its answer.
Created By: Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan
Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Harris, Thandie Newton
Number of Seasons:2
Season 1 Release Date:2nd October 2016
Season 2 Release Date:22nd April 2018
Season 3 Release Date: 2020
IMDb Rating:8.9 out of 10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating:86%
4. Insecure Season 3
Created by Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore, Insecure is the series which is Nominated for 2 Golden Globes with another 14 wins and other 40 nominations. The show readily following the narrative arc of a beloved character and allowing them vanishing into the background is a move that many shows do not have the confidence to make.
The series with dope soundtrack, witty one liner and a whole lot of messy drama gives characters more depth and Insecure remains one of the strongest representations of Black Girl Magic on TV right now.
Created By: Issa Rae, Larry Wilmore
Stars: Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis
Number of Seasons:3
Season 1 Release Date: 9th October 2
Season 2 Released Date:23rd July 2017
Season 3 Released Date: 12th August 2018
Season 4 Release Date: 2019
IMDb Rating: 7.7 out of 10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 97%
5. Silicon Valley Season 5
A perfectly balanced comedy show nominated for 2 Golden Globes with another 14 win and 83 nominations is the show on HBO network which is very much difficult to dislike. The show sets solid example of how the comedy shows should be without leaving any plot threads be screened. The detailed comedy plot of the show makes it more thoughtful and more ambitious itself.
From being laugh out loud funny to crude as hell, the show smartly describes about socially unskilled people and what kind of earth these people want to inherit. The show perfectly balances the stupidity with brilliance. The show also utilizes visual and topical humor to its benefit which makes the scenes to solidify the jokes it wanted to present.
Created By: Mike Judge, John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky
Stars: Thomas Middleditch, T.J Miller, Amanda Crew, Josh Brener, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani
Number of Seasons:5
Season 1 Release Date:6th April 2014
Season 2 Released Date:12th April 2015
Season 3 Released Date: 24th April 2016
Season 4 Released Date: 23rd April 2017
Season 5 Released Date:25th March 2018
IMDb Rating: 8.6 out of 10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95%
6. High Maintenance Season 2
The following series about a weed delivery guy explains much more than just the topic. The series is about us, how we interact with each other and how we live our lives. High Maintenance exceeds expectations by deepening the DNA of the show with the complicated tools at its disposal.
The show has been able to pull audiences in by representing the grinding routine of life, then delighting in the little moments that can still surprise. The show’s always scanning across the segments of urban life, conveying that each person you see on the street is living through their own little TV drama or comedy.
Created By: Ben Sinclair, Katja Blichfeld
Stars: Ben Sinclair, Abdulla Saeed, Kate Lyn Sheil, Neimah Djourabchi, Alexandra Fiber, Luzer Twersky
Number of Seasons:2
Season 1 Release Date:16th September 2016
Season 2 Release Date:19th January 2018
Season 3 Release Date: 2019
IMDb Rating: 7.9 out of 10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95%
7. Succession Season 1
The highly addictive show with its tense family drama, pitch-black comedy and its comfort with having no retrieving character as an open rebuke of our twisted wealth addiction. The great strength of the show is that it manages to deepen these monstrous characters to grant them meaningful context, even suffering without glamorizing them.
The show nominated for 1 Golden Globe with other 2 wins and other 4 nomination successfully balances the line between drama and black comedy. The show is not just the citation of the white American selection, its the citation of American as a whole-its immovable institutions and its fluctuating leadership at a time of great global change.
Created By: Jesse Armstrong
Stars: Hiam Abbass, Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox
Released Date: 3rd June 2018
Second Season Release Date: 2019
IMDb Rating: 7.7 out of 10
Rotten Tomatoes Ratings: 88%
8. Divorce Season 2
In the fallout of the explosive separation, the couples are learning to rebuild their lives independently, although they stay involved through their kids and their friends. Both start to focus on their career and new relationship and finding ways to be happy again, they find that the upcoming days will be more complicated than they imagined.
The show is funny in sad and awkward moments way. The series value on both informational and artistic level is very much hard to deny.
Created By: Sharon Horgan
Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Molly Shannon, Talia Balsam, Jemaine Clement, Tracy Letts
Number of Seasons:2
Season 1 Release Date:9th October 2016
Season 2 Release Date:14th January 2018
Season 3 Release Date: 2019
IMDb Rating: 6.8 out of 10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 83%
9. Sharp Objects
3 Golden Globes nominated series with another 1 win and 9 nominations, Sharp Objects is amongst those few TV shows these days that tries and creates an original visual language which lifts the material and makes the show stylish and sexy.
AMY ADAMS IN SHARP OBJECTS: A BEAUTIFUL WRECK
The use of flashbacks, combination and music highlights an overwhelming feeling and constant restlessness to take the viewer to an emotionally dark place. Its visual language is rich and fugal which rewards the close watching to the show.
Created By: Marti Noxon
Stars: Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Elizabeth Perkins, Matt Craven
Released Date: 8th July 2018
IMDb Rating: 8.2 out of 10
Rotten Tomatoes Ratings: 92%
Second Season Release Date: Not Yet Confirmed
10. The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Winner of one Primetime Emmy with another 1 win and 2 nominations, The Zen of Garry Shandling offers a fascinating window into one of comedy’s most fertile mind. Zen Diaries comes away with a fascinating, complex portrait of a man as he was hilarious comedy pioneer who lived in constant terrors of being forgotten or ignored.
The comedy drama documentary has the power to allow you share for few hours, a sense of what that must have felt like. The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling justifies its stretching form. It is bittersweet, very funny and does right by the man and the comic world that gave him so much insecurity and so much success.
Produced By: Judd Apatow
Casts: Judd Apatow, Garry Sandling, Jim Carrey, James L. Brooks
Released Date: 26th March 2018
Number of Episodes: 2
IMDb Rating: 8.4 out of 10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 93%
