These are the 23 best HBO shows of all time, according to critics

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HBO has made many of the best television shows of all time, including "The Sopranos," "Game of Thrones," and "The Wire."

And the network is often credited with jump starting the Golden Age of television with its dark, ambitious dramas.

But drama isn't HBO's only strength. It also has excellent half-hour comedies including "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Insecure," and "Silicon Valley."

But which HBO shows are the best of the best?

We ranked its shows according to their ratings on Metacritic, which aggregates critic reviews and assigns each season of a show a score.

For shows with multiple seasons, we averaged their scores. And to break ties, we brought in the audience score.

Here are HBO's best shows of all time, ranked:

(Note: We left off animated, children's, documentary/reality, and foreign programming, as well as miniseries, with a few notable exceptions.)

23. "Dream On" (1990-96), six seasons

Metacritic score: 80

"This is a rare TV union where cast, writers, and directors appear to be of a single comedic mind; the humorous results speak for themselves." — LA Times

22. "High Maintenance" (2016), one season

Metacritic score: 81

Audience score: 6.2

"'High Maintenance' stands out, not just because it's on the front end of what is apparently a reefer TV trend, but because it's so precisely made and has such an ambling, open heart." — Vulture

21. "Getting On" (2013-15), three seasons

Average Metacritic score: 81

Audience score: 7.8

"It's a dark and astonishing gem of a show, with a bravely skillful cast juggling the petty obsessions of the workplace with Much Bigger Issues." — LA Times

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