{"id":4535,"date":"2018-02-26T20:47:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T20:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serieskiller.com\/?p=4535"},"modified":"2020-04-18T19:10:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T19:10:59","slug":"20162017-best-drama-serial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serieskiller.com\/?p=4535","title":{"rendered":"Best Drama Serial 2016\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actually two winners will be awarded in this voting:<br \/>\n\u2013 the <strong>best<\/strong> drama of the last season<br \/>\nand<br \/>\n\u2013 the best <strong>new<\/strong> drama of the last season.<br \/>\n( | | ) = paused, (w\/c) = wildcard, (n\/a) = not available\/aired<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>01. (01.) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Americans<\/span> [FX] (Season 5)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>02. (n\/a) The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale [hulu] (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">new<\/span>)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>03. (n\/a) This Is Us [NBC] (new)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>04. (02.) Better Call Saul [AMC] (Season 3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>05. (n\/a) Stranger Things [FLX] (new)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>06. (n\/a) Legion [FX] (new)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>07. (17.) Rectify [sund] (Season 4)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>08. (n\/a) Westworld [HBO] (new)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>09. (n\/a) The Crown [FLX] (new)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>10. (03.) Billions [SHO] (Season 2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>11. ( | | ) Sherlock [BBC] (Season 4)<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n12. ( | | ) Halt and Catch Fire [AMC] (Season 3)<br \/>\n13. (08.) Masters of Sex [SHO] (Season 4)<br \/>\n14. (n\/a) Quarry [cine] (new)<br \/>\n15. (11.) Hap &amp; Leonard [sund] (Season 2)<br \/>\n16. (23.) Bates Motel [A&amp;E] (Season 5)<br \/>\n17. (n\/a) Sneaky Pete [a] (new)<br \/>\n18. (15.) Black Sails [starz] (Season 4)<br \/>\n19. (24.) Ray Donovan [SHO] (Season 4)<br \/>\n20. (25.) Vikings [H] (Season 4.2)<br \/>\n21. (n\/a) Outcast [cine] (new Season 1 &amp; 2)<br \/>\n22. (n\/a) Good Girls Revolt [a] (new)<br \/>\n23. (n\/a) Taboo [BBC\/FX] (new)<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n<em>24. (n\/a) American Gods [starz] (new)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>25. ( | | ) Fortitude [SKY] (Season 2)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>26. (w\/c) Hell on Wheels [AMC] (Season 5.2)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>27. (10.) Mr. Robot [USA] (Season 2)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>28. (05.) Narcos [FLX] (Season 2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>29. (21.) Outsiders [WGN] (Season 2)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>30. (18.) The Affair [SHO] (Season 3)<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Wildcard (w\/c) Bloodline [FLX] (Season 3)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Wildcard (w\/c) Bosch [a] (Season 3)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Wildcard ( | | ) Broadchurch [ITV] (Season 3) <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Wildcard (w\/c) Homeland U.S. [SHO] (Season 6) <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Wildcard (20.) House of Cards [FLX] (Season 5)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Wildcard (22.) Humans U.S. [4] (Season 2)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Wildcard (w\/c) The Exorcist [FOX] (new)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Wildcard (w\/c) The Good Fight [CBS] (new)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Wildcard (w\/c) The Leftovers [HBO] (Season 3)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Wildcard (w\/c) The Path [hulu] (Season 2)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Wildcard (19.) Transparent [a] (Season 3)<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Excluded:<\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; productions that did <strong>not air<\/strong> at minimum 50% of their episodes <strong>between July 1st, 2016 and June 30th, 2017 <\/strong>(in case of productions of VoD services like Netflix: since 2014\/2015 the release of the season represents the date of the season and will be included, if it gets published &#8211; even in June)<strong>,<\/strong> because they ended or were canceled prematurely, or paused this season (for example 1992 [SKY], Arvingerne [DR1], Bron || Broen [SVT1], Engrenages [C+], Game of Thrones [HBO], Gomorrah [SKY], Jessica Jones [FLX], Luther [BBC], Peaky Blinders [BBC] or Twin Peaks [SHO]),<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; productions that <strong>underperformed in this competition<\/strong> (3% [FLX], Aftermath [Space], Anne [CBC], 12 Monkeys [Syfy], A Place to Call Home [seven], Aquarius [NBC], Beauty &amp; the Beast [CW] , Bellevue [CBC], Between [City], Call the Midwife [BBC], Class [BBC], Designated Survivor [abc], Doctor Doctor [Nine], Doctor Who [BBC], Doubt [CBS], Emerald City [NBC], Empire [FOX], Fear the Walking Dead\u00a0[AMC], Freakish [hulu], From Dusk Till Dawn [Rey], Frontier [Disc], Frequency [CW], Goliath [a], Good Behavior [TNT], Happy Valley [BBC], Harlots [itv\/hulu], House Husbands [nine], Ice [DTV], Incorporated [Syfy], iZombie [CW], Kingdom [DTV] , Marco Polo [FLX] , Marvel&#8217;s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. [abc] , Marvel&#8217;s Daredevil [FLX], Marvel&#8217;s Luke Cage [FLX], Mozart in the Jungle [a], Nashville [abc], Notorious [abc], Once Upon a Time [abc], Orphan Black [BBCa], Outlander [starz], Pitch [FOX], Poldark [BBC], Power [starz], Queen Sugar [OWN], Riverdale [CW], Salem [WGN], Scandal [abc], Sense8\u00a0[FLX], Six [H], StartUp [crackle], Stitchers [FF], Suits [USA], Supergirl [CBS], Supernatural [CW], The 100 [CW], The Art of More [crackle], The Deleted [Full], The Girlfriend Experience [starz], The Good Fight [CBS], The Halcyon [itv], The Last Kingdom [BBC], The Living and the Dead [BBC], The Man in the High Castle [a], The Musketeers [BBC], The OA [FLX], The Romeo Section [CBC], The Son [AMC], The Strain [FX], The Vampire Diaries [CW], The Walking Dead [AMC], This Life [CBC], TURN [AMC], Tyrant [FX], Umbre [HBOe], UnREAL [Life], Wentworth [SoHo], Youngers [E4], X Company [CBC] or Zoo [CBS]) and<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; productions that <strong>didn&#8217;t air enough<\/strong> episodes\/minutes ().<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; productions that are considered <strong>mini-series, anthology series<\/strong> or <strong>dramedys<\/strong> <strong>etc.<\/strong> and<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; productions with a bigger <strong>procedural\/\u201cseries\u201d<\/strong> than \u201cserial\u201d dramaturgy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00bb FYI, the winners of recent years:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2015\/2016: The Americans [FX] (Season 4) + <em>new: Billions [SHO]<\/em><br \/>\n2014\/2015: The Americans [FX] (Season 3) + <em>new: Manhattan [WGN]<\/em><br \/>\n2013\/2014: Breaking Bad [AMC] (Season 5.2) + <em>new: Masters of Sex [SHO]<\/em><br \/>\n2012\/2013: Breaking Bad [AMC] (Season 5.1) + <em>new: Rectify [sund]<\/em><br \/>\n2011\/2012: Breaking Bad [AMC] (Season 4) + <em>new: Homeland U.S. [SHO]<\/em><br \/>\n2010\/2011: Game of Thrones [HBO] (Season 1) + <em>new: Game of Thrones [HBO]<\/em><br \/>\n2009\/2010: Breaking Bad [AMC] (Season 3) + <em>new: Justified [FX]<\/em><br \/>\n2008\/2009: Breaking Bad [AMC] (Season 2) + <em>new: True Blood [HBO]<\/em><br \/>\n2007\/2008: Mad Men [AMC] (Season 1) + <em>new: Mad Men [AMC]<\/em><br \/>\n2006\/2007: Dexter [SHO] (Season 1) +<em> new: Dexter [SHO]<\/em><br \/>\n2005\/2006: Six Feet Under [HBO] (Season 5) + <em>new: Big Love [HBO]<\/em><br \/>\n2004\/2005: The Wire [HBO] (Season 3) + <em>new: LOST [abc]<\/em><br \/>\n2003\/2004: The Wire [HBO] (Season 2) + <em>new: Carniv\u00e0le [HBO]<\/em><br \/>\n2002\/2003: The Sopranos [HBO] (Season 4) +<em> new: The Wire [HBO]<\/em><br \/>\n2001\/2002: Six Feet Under [HBO] (Season 1+2) + <em>new: Six Feet Under [HBO]<\/em><br \/>\n2000\/2001: The Sopranos [HBO] (Season 3) + <em>new: Soul Food [HBO]<\/em><br \/>\n1999\/2000: The Sopranos [HBO] (Season 2) + <em>new: The West Wing [NBC]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actually two winners will be awarded in this voting: \u2013 the best drama of the last season and \u2013 the best new drama of the last season. 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