The best Showtime series
The top 3 according to 150 votes from people: Queer as Folk (2000-2005) · Shameless (2011-2021) · Homeland (2011-2020). (Updated May 24, 2026.)
From Queer as Folk and Dexter to Homeland and Yellowjackets: Showtime's best original series, from Paste, Consequence and Boardroom.
Top 15
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1
Queer as Folk (2000-2005)
Gay life in Pittsburgh; top of Paste's list.
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2
Shameless (2011-2021)
The Gallagher family; Showtime's longest-running series.
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3
Homeland (2011-2020)
Carrie Mathison and Nicholas Brody; the network's most Emmy-awarded show.
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4
Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
David Lynch's return to Twin Peaks.
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5
Dexter (2006-2013)
A Miami blood-spatter analyst who kills killers.
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6
Billions (2016-2023)
A hedge-fund king against a federal prosecutor.
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7
Nurse Jackie (2009-2015)
Edie Falco as an addicted ER nurse.
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8
Ray Donovan (2013-2020)
Liev Schreiber as a Hollywood fixer.
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9
The Affair (2014-2019)
An affair told from two points of view.
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10
Yellowjackets (2021-)
A girls' football team stranded in the wilderness.
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11
The L Word (2004-2009)
A group of lesbian friends in Los Angeles.
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12
Californication (2007-2014)
David Duchovny as a self-destructive novelist.
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13
Masters of Sex (2013-2016)
Masters and Johnson's sex research.
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14
Penny Dreadful (2014-2016)
Victorian monsters and Eva Green.
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15
Weeds (2005-2012)
A suburban mother deals marijuana.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (2)
Dexter's first four seasons are incredible, the ending not so much.
Yellowjackets is so good, can't believe how high it's already ranked.