31 Showtime original TV shows ranked from worst to best - from 'Homeland' to 'Billions' to 'Twin Peaks'
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30. "Roadies"
Critics score: 47
Number of seasons: 1
Years aired: 2016
Summary: Luke Wilson and Carla Gugino starred as members of a rock band's production crew, and the show followed their lives on the road.
29. "Happyish"
Critics score: 49
Number of seasons: 1
Years aired: 2015
Summary: A man's life is turned upside down when he's fired from his job, and his anti-depressants fail to make him happy.
28. "White Famous"
Critics score: 54
Number of seasons: 1
Years aired: 2017
Summary: "SNL" alum Jay Pharoah's comedy where he essentially plays himself (a young, up-and-coming stand-up comedian) was short-lived, and canceled last year after one season.
27. "Dice"
Critics score: 56
Number of seasons: 2
Years aired: 2016-2017
Summary: This semi-autobiographical show about Andrew "Dice" Clay's attempted resurgence in the comedy scene lasted just two seasons.
26. "Secret Diary of a Call Girl"
Critics score: 56.5
Number of seasons: 4
Years aired: 2007-2011
Summary: The show brought to life a diary of a sex worker.
25. "I'm Dying Up Here"
Critics score: 62
Number of seasons: 1 (season 2 coming in May)
Years aired: 2017-present
Summary: It's the 1970s in Los Angeles, and the stand-up comedy scene is thriving ... or is it?
24. (TIE) "The L Word"
Critics score: 63
Number of seasons: 6
Years aired: 2004-2009
Summary: A group of lesbian best friends maneuver through their busy L.A. lives.
24. (TIE) "House of Lies"
Critics score: 63
Number of seasons: 5
Years aired: 2012-2016
Summary: Don Cheadle stars as a brutal consulting manager at a prestige firm.
22. "SMILF"
Critics score: 64
Number of seasons: 1 (season 2 coming this year)
Years aired: 2017-present
Summary: A comedy following the life and trials of a single mother.
21. "Californication"
Critics score: 66
Number of seasons: 7
Years aired: 2007-2014
Summary: A troubled writer can't keep himself away from beautiful women he encounters, which puts him at odds with his daughter and ex-girlfriend.
20. "The Tudors"
Critics score: 67.25
Number of seasons: 4
Years aired: 2007-2010
Summary: A drama focusing on the life of King Henry VIII. Before she was in "Game of Thrones," Natalie Dormer played his second wife, Anne Boleyn.
19. "The Big C"
Critics score: 67.5
Number of seasons: 4
Years aired: 2010-2013
Summary: When a mother is diagnosed with cancer, she tries to keep her suburban life in order.
18. "Billions"
Critics score: 68
Number of seasons: 3
Years aired: 2016-present
Summary: A U.S. attorney played by Paul Giamatti goes up against a billionaire hedge fund manager, played by Damian Lewis.
17. "Weeds"
Critics score: 68.13
Number of seasons: 8
Years aired: 2005-2012
Summary: A suburban mom deals marijuana to make a living after her husband dies.
16. "Web Therapy"
Critics score: 70.5
Number of seasons: 4
Years aired: 2011-2015
Summary: A woman enters the world of online therapy after quitting her job, and offers clients 3-minute sessions over the internet.
15. "Shameless"
Critics score: 71
Number of seasons: 8 (renewed for season 9)
Years aired: 2011-present
Summary: A father juggles his alcoholism and his six children.
14. (TIE) "The Borgias"
Critics score: 73
Number of seasons: 3
Years aired: 2011-2013
Summary: Pope Alexander VI uses violence and manipulation to take control of 15th century Italy.
14. (TIE) "Ray Donovan"
Critics score: 73
Number of seasons: 5 (renewed for season 6)
Years aired: 2013-present
Summary: Liev Schreiber is Ray Donovan, a professional "fixer" for anyone but himself.
14. (TIE) "The Chi"
Critics score: 73
Number of seasons: 1 (currently airing)
Years aired: 2018
Summary: Four people's lives are connected in Chicago after a tragic event.
11. "Nurse Jackie"
Critics score: 73.83
Number of seasons: 7
Years aired: 2009-2015
Summary: Edie Falco played a drug-addicted nurse — what could go wrong?
10. "Episodes"
Critics score: 74.33
Number of seasons: 5
Years aired: 2011-2015
Summary: Matt LeBlanc, of "Friends" fame, plays himself as an actor cast in an American remake of a popular British television series.
9. (TIE) "Brotherhood"
Critics score: 75
Number of seasons: 3
Years aired: 2006-2008
Summary: Two brothers are pitted against one another in an Irish neighborhood, as one is a politician and the other a gangster.
9. (TIE) "Guerrilla"
Critics score: 75
Number of seasons: 1 (Mini-series)
Years aired: 2017
Summary: This mini-series last year followed activists in 1970s London who attempt to start a revolution.
7. "Dexter"
Critics score: 75.88
Number of seasons: 8
Years aired: 2006-2013
Summary: A crime-scene analyst in Miami is also a serial-killer ... of other serial-killers.
6. (TIE) "United States of Tara"
Critics score: 76.7
Number of seasons: 3
Years aired: 2009-2011
Summary: A housewife with an identity disorder struggles to keep her family — and personalities — in check.
6. (TIE) "Penny Dreadful"
Critics score: 76.7
Number of seasons: 3
Years aired: 2014-2016
Summary: Classic literary characters like Victor Frankenstein team up against the supernatural.
4. "Homeland"
Critics score: 78.2
Number of seasons: 7 (currently airing)
Years aired: 2011-present
Summary: The show's first few seasons dealt with a CIA operative and the American soldier she believes has been turned by Al-Qaeda. The show moved on from that storyline after season 3 and is now on season 7.
3. "The Affair"
Critics score: 78.3
Number of seasons: 3 (season 4 premieres this year)
Years aired: 2014-present
Summary: A writer and a waitress become involved with one another, starting an affair with dramatic consequences.
2. "Masters of Sex"
Critics score: 79.3
Number of seasons: 4
Years aired: 2013-2016
Summary: Two researchers kick off the sexual revolution in the 1950s and 60s.
1. "Twin Peaks"
Critics score: 85
Number of seasons: 3
Years aired: 1990-1991, 2017
Summary: An FBI agent investigates the murder of a teenage girl in the small, strange town of Twin Peaks, but nothing is as it appears. The show returned with a third season called "Twin Peaks: The Return" last year.
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