{"id":4657,"date":"2020-04-18T19:54:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T19:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serieskiller.com\/?p=4657"},"modified":"2020-04-19T06:18:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T06:18:19","slug":"best-drama-serial-2017-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serieskiller.com\/?p=4657","title":{"rendered":"Best Drama Serial 2017\/2018"},"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.<\/p>\n<p>( |&nbsp; | ) = paused, (w\/c) = wildcard, (n\/a) = not available\/aired<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>01. (01.) The Americans [FX] (Season 6)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>02. (02.) The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale [hulu] (Season 2)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>03. (06.) Legion [FX] (Season 2)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>04. (n\/a) Mindhunter [FLX] (new)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>05. (n\/a) Killing Eve (new)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>06. (n\/a) Ozark [FLX] (new)<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n07. ( |&nbsp; | ) Game of Thrones [HBO] (Season 7)<br \/>\n08. (27.) Mr. Robot [USA] (Season 3)<br \/>\n09. (12.) Halt and Catch Fire [AMC] (Season 4)<br \/>\n10. (09.) The Crown [FLX] (Season 2)<br \/>\n11. (03.) This Is Us [NBC] (Season 2)<br \/>\n12. (08.) Westworld [HBO] (Season 2)<br \/>\n13. (n\/a) The Deuce [HBO] (new)<br \/>\n14. (05.) Stranger Things [FLX] (Season 2)<br \/>\n15. (10.) Billions [SHO] (Season 3)<br \/>\n16. ( |&nbsp; | ) Twin Peaks [SHO] (Season 3)<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n<em>17. (n\/a) Save Me [SKY] (new)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>18. ( |&nbsp; | ) Peaky Blinders [BBC] (Season 4)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>19. (19.) Ray Donovan [SHO] (Season 5)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>20. (28.) Narcos [FLX] (Season 3) <\/em><br \/>\n<em>21. (20.) Vikings [H] (Season 5.1)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>22. (17.) Sneaky Pete [a] (Season 2)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>23. (n\/a) Suburra [FLX] (new)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>24. (00.) Altered Carbon [FLX] (new) <\/em><br \/>\n<em>25. (n\/a) The Expanse [Syfy] (Season 3)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; honorable mention &#8211;<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wildcard (n\/a) 4 Blocks [SKY] (new)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">WIldcard (n\/a) Babylon Berlin [SKY] (new 1 &amp; 2)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wildcard ( |&nbsp; | ) Bron | Broen [SVT1] (Season 4)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wildcard (n\/a) Damnation [USA] (new)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wildcard (n\/a) Dark [FLX] (new)<br \/>\nWildcard (n\/a) Deadwind [YleTV2] (new)<br \/>\nWildcard (n\/a) Gomorrah [SKY] (Season 3)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wildcard (w\/c) Homeland U.S. [SHO] (Season 7) <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wildcard (w\/c) Humans U.S. [4] (Season 3)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wildcard (n\/a) La Casa de Papel [A3] (new)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wildcard (n\/a) Liar [ITV] (new)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wildcard (n\/a) McMafia [BBC] (new)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wildcard (n\/a) Star Trek: Discovery [CBS] (new)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wildcard (n\/a) The Chi [SHO] (new)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wildcard (w\/c) The Exorcist [FOX] (Season 2)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wildcard (n\/a) The Girlfriend Experience [starz] (Season 2)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wildcard (w\/c) Transparent [a] (Season 4)<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Excluded:<br \/>\n&#8211; productions that did <strong>not air<\/strong> at minimum 50% of their episodes <strong>between July 1st, 2017 and June 30th, 2018 <\/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><\/p>\n<p>because they <strong>ended<\/strong> (Arvingerne [DR1], Bates Motel [A&amp;E], Black Sails [starz], Horace &amp; Pete [LCK], Masters of Sex [SHO], Quarry [cine], Rectify [sund], The Good Wife [CBS], and The Leftovers [HBO]),<\/p>\n<p>or were <strong>canceled<\/strong> prematurely (for example Bloodline [FLX], Broadchurch [ITV], Outcast [cine] and Outsiders [WGN]),<\/p>\n<p>or <strong>paused<\/strong> this season (for example 1993 [SKY], American Gods [starz], Anne with an E [CBC], Better Call Saul [AMC], Big Little Lies [HBO], Fortitude [SKY], House of Cards [FLX], Luther [BBC], Sherlock [BBC], Taboo [BBC\/FX], The Affair [SHO] and The Last Kingdom [BBC]),<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; productions that <strong>underperformed in this competition<\/strong> () 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 <\/strong>(for example Sharp Objects [HBO])<strong>, anthology series <\/strong>(f.e. American Horror Story [FX] or Trust [FX]) 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 (f.e. The Detail [CTV]).<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb FYI, the winners of recent years:<\/p>\n<p>2016\/2017: The Americans [FX] (Season 5) + <em>new: The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale [hulu]<\/em><br \/>\n2015\/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. ( |&nbsp; | ) = paused, (w\/c) = wildcard, (n\/a) = not available\/aired 01. (01.) The Americans [FX] (Season 6) &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; 02. (02.) 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