Underdiscussed prestige TV?

HBO's Rome. It's got a pretty big cult following but I think it's generally overshadowed by the success of GOT, which is kind of a spiritual successor

The Terror (Season 1)

Patriot Black Sails The Leftovers

Slow Horses

Interview with the Vampire! It's an absolutely mesmerizing show and such a brilliant adaptation of Anne Rice's novels (with a few good changes). And the two lead actors, Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid, are stealing every scene they are in.  It also feels like the series tops almost every list of underrated TV shows for the past few years. The first two seasons cover the first book. The third season comes out this summer and adapts the second book, The Vampire Lestat (with the series changing its name alongside that). 

Have you seen Deadwood? If you liked Justified its worth checking out

Oz.  Six Feet under was a big deal, but not as talked about now. Similar to deadwood.

Mr. Robot Hannibal Legion

Station Eleven! Miniseries on HBO, wildly under discussed I think because of the timing. It came out 2021, and takes place post a massive airborne disease that wipes out most of the population. The first episode is the play by play of the outbreak and it was tough to sit through at the time but the whole thing is just incredible and moving and heartbreaking and beautiful.

Interview with the Vampire is unreal.

I'd recommend The Expanse and the anime version of Cowboy Bebop

Black sails, fargo

Patriot

Both Halt and Catch Fire and The Leftovers are masterclasses in television that people don't discuss enough. I also think the one season of Watchmen was perfect from start to finish, and you really don't see anyone still talking about it.

I feel like the Watchmen miniseries was excellent but has been forgotten. 

Mr. In Between

Boardwalk Empire (Overlooked Gem) The Americans Black Sails Deadwood Rome Carnivale Big Love

David Simon's stuff on HBO. Most people know The Wire and Generation Kill, but everything he makes is fantastic. We Own This City, The Deuce, Show Me A Hero, The Plot Against America, Treme.

Pachinko!

Enlightened and Rectify are the two that are superb, but I almost never see mentioned.

Carnivale

The Knick

Black Sails!

The Deuce for sure.

If Black Sails were the exact same show scene for scene and word for word, but aired on HBO instead, it would be heralded alongside early GoT, Sopranos, Oz, and etc as one of the greatest shows of all time. And guys like Luke Arnold, Toby Stephens, and Zack McGowen would be household names with much larger resumes in the time since. It is a genuinely fantastic show and as good as anything else in its genre or any other ‘prestige’ shows, imo.

Orphan Black - a masterclass in acting by Tatiana Maslany.

Half of Apple+ content.

They made good TV before 2010. Don't be afraid. The 90s/00s won't bite. Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Rome, Oz, Battlestar Galactica! Go even earlier! Twin Peaks! Northern Exposure! The Larry Sanders Show! Homicide: Life on the Street! Buffy the Vampire Slayer!

Rectified

Barry. Had never heard of it until I randomly stumbled across it.  Award winning show that isn’t talked about much. Now it’s one of my top 5 shows

Counterpart and Black Sails

What we do in the shadows

The Wire is simultaneously the best and most under-seen prestige TV show ever for me. I think it’s the greatest show ever, I know it gets talked about a lot, but it feels like comparatively few people seem to have actually watched it (next to Breaking Bad, Sopranos, etc).

Halt and Catch Fire is criminally underrated. Lee Pace's Joe MacMillan could very easily be a top 10 TV character of all time

If you like The Americans then I also suggest The Diplomat. Keri Russell all day.

Fellow Travelers.

The Leftovers and Spartacus. Underseen and severely underrated.

Wilfred. I don't know anyone who has seen it.

Counterpart

A few I haven't seen mentioned yet: * The OA * The Outsider * Mrs Davis * The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance * Let the Right One In * Chapelwaite

The Newsroom?

Underdiscussed where? Because this exact list of shows is like 90% of lists on r/television and so are most of the shows listed in these comments.

The Wire! One of the original prestige shows

Devs. One of the greatest single season sci fi stories I have ever seen. Starring Nick offerman.

Manhattan was a good watch and almost completely forgotten.

Boardwalk Empire. Richard Harrow is one of my all-time favorite television characters.

The Night Manager S1 for sure. And The back half of S2. 

1. Deadwood 2. Treme

Hacks is great

You’re the Worst

Legion was truly incredible. Three seasons but they are brilliant. Written by the same guy behind Fargo and Alien: Earth

One I feel like I rarely see talked about is Bates Motel. It’s got a few quirks, but it’s a great show I’d put up there in the prestige TV category

The Night of (one season miniseries) Mr Inbetween The Leftovers Sharp Obiects I also think The Shield is an all timer on par with the best, and is lesser watched because of its age

Counterpart Patriot

Homeland

I enjoyed Man in the High Castle

Huff. Only lasted two seasons but was one of my favorite shows while it was on.

Spooks It's a UK MI5 show, it's gritty. First few seasons are good, then it gets great.  Was before it's time in terms of removing plot armour from major characters and key cast members.  You're like, "oh I wonder how they good guy will get out of this one, looks like the bad guys got him. Oh the bad guy killed him exactly how a competent bad guy would." 

Mr inbetween, angel

Devs The Leftovers Sharp Objects Godless We Own This City Shogun

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Foundation Silo For all Mankind

Station Eleven

Rectify.

The last kingdom. It's a slow burn as they solidify the cast.