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How HBO Became Our Favorite Channel
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We never had HBO until last year. We've always been big movie people, but it never seemed worth it to pay extra to Comcast for a bunch of flicks that we could have watched on DVD months earlier.
Then came The Sopranos.
Yeah, you think you know where this is going … but hold on.
We got started on The Sopranos way late. My dad was a fan, so for one of his birthdays we got him the first few seasons on DVD. As it turned out, we ended up watching them instead.
We finished the first five seasons (and a half? six? whatever) right before the final half of Season 6 and decided it was worth to subscribe to HBO — and haven't looked back.
From Big Love to Entourage to Curb Your Enthusiasm to Ali G, HBO has the best original series on TV.
We also watched this show Tell Me You Love Me, which was basically softcore porn with a plot.
Now we're watching John Adams, the mini-series based on David McCullough's book of the same name, starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney. It's a fascinating look into the birth of our country, no matter how inaccurate the depiction of their teeth.
(I'm kind of hoping Giamatti says something about merlot at some point during the series, but I'm not holding my breath.)
For people who watch a lot of TV — like we do, yes, I admit it — HBO is worth it. We've been entertained way beyond the $10 or $15 a month we're paying for it, and we haven't even started The Wire, Extras or Rome.
When you think about paying $30 for two people to spend one night at the movies, a month of HBO is a steal.
And that's how it became our favorite channel.
