TGM

HBO, STARZ, Showtime and Cinemax.

www.directv.com/premiums for a full list of channels.

set your DVR's accordingly!

TGM

bump

cleaver

DVRing Too Big to Fail and Legend of the Guardians; any other suggestions?

starman9000

Game of Thrones, if they play any reruns (or if On Demand is available for you with DTV).

Groucho

Finally, I can jump into Game of Thrones!

mugwump

These free previews always reaffirm why I don't subscribe to the premiums. I pored through four days worth of programming on half a billion channels and came up with only a handful of things to DVR.

Deftones

because 4 days worth of programming is really going to give you the opportunity to see what's available.

aktick

Guess I shouldn't be surprised VOD isn't available in full...so no catching up on Game of Thrones for me.

dino88

Bobby Fischer Against the World. I just watched it the other night and it's excellent.

Tracer Bullet

I had them all for three months and didn't see much reason to keep any of them, aside from HBO. So I didn't.

Red Dog

They usually offer 2-for-1s for 3 mo promos so I usually flip-flop between the SHO/STZ combo and HBO/MAX combo. I'm on SHO/STZ now and my promo is done at the start of the July, so that times out well for a flip to HBO/MAX since Entourage starts back up next month.

However with P&T Bullshit and Secret Diary of a Call Girt no longer running, I'll have little reason for SHO again (just Californication).

Deftones

showtime has a ton of great shows. i don't watch any of the starz shows, but they also have some quality programming.

Groucho

None of the premium channels have good shows year round, IMHO. For example, I don't see a reason to have Showtime until Dexter comes back.

Tracer Bullet

The only Showtime program I think is any good is United States of Tara, and they canceled it. The rest of them are various levels of terrible.

Tracer Bullet

HBO comes closest. Right now there's Treme, and when that wraps up, we'll have CYE coming back.

superdeluxe

Yeah..if you can get episodes 1-8 (and 9 is this sunday), that would be awesome sauce

superdeluxe

For Comcast, HBO/Starz are connected together. Sparticus/Camelot are on Starz so I should check those out.

superdeluxe

You are right, they don't, but for us, HBO has for me, Game of Thones and Boardwalk Empire, and for the Wife, True Blood., so we have programming through out the year.

Plus I just saw something about a new Documentary series starting on HBO this month, looks pretty good honestly. Kinded look to be the format of ESPN's 30 for 30.

Plus HBO has the HBOGO thing (For some subscribers), with access to tons of HBO programming.

RichC2

I'd recommend DVRing - Game of Thrones, How to Die in Oregon (excellent documentary), Bobby Fischer Against the World (another doc. showing how batshit crazy Bobby became over time.)

It's every Monday - it started this past Monday with Bobby Fischer Against the World.

superdeluxe

Damn, I'll have to search for it and dvr it..unless it is on the On Demand.

RichC2

Pretty sure it's available On Demand, HBO isn't in the business of commercials so they have nothing to lose by having it On Demand (it actually counts toward their ratings.)

DJariya

Uhhh, Starz has Spartacus (although season 2 isn't until early 2012), Camelot (I know it's getting really mixed thoughts here) and Torchwood next month.

Starz just started production on the 1950's period drama Magic City with Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Danny Huston.

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethe...-in-miami.html

Starz is very early in developing and producing original programming, but they are putting out some quality stuff.

DJariya

Showtime is good for at least Fall and Spring.

This Fall:

Dexter/Homeland/House of Lies

Spring:

Californication/Episodes/Shameless


I only started with HBO this Spring because of Game of Thrones, but their level of quality scripted programs is amazing and especially it's year round.

Spring/Summer:

Game of Thrones
Treme
True Blood
Entourage
Curb your Enthusiasm

Fall:

Hung
Boardwalk Empire
Luck (new Michael Mann/David Milch series)
Eastbound and Down


And not forgetting their documentaries like HBO Sports docs, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, which airs once a month and miniseries.

I know not everyone here has cable/satellite, but if your willing to pay for it, there is good quality scripted/documentary programs on these premium channels. Sometimes not necessarily year around.

RichC2

Did Hung get moved to the Fall? It was True Blood, Hung, Entourage last Summer and Boardwalk Empire, Bored to Death and Eastbound and Down in the Fall.

I'm okay if it did get moved, I'm not a fan of the show but watch True Blood and Entourage so it was kind of the unwelcome intermission.

DJariya

Yes, Hung got moved to the Fall and corrected myself that Eastbound and Down is also in the Fall.