Send HBO and its many misfires packing and add the basic cable network FX to your favorites list.
HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” may be about the creator of “Seinfeld,” but FX’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is the real Jerry’s kid, a notch more outrageous than Kramer & Co. “Rescue Me” is a funnier “Entourage,” its characters just as emotionally stunted but with a blue-collar bite and real-life dilemmas. Compare “The Shield” to HBO’s “The Wire” or “The Sopranos” — it has elements of both shows’ moral ambiguities — and the FX drama about corrupt cops holds its own.
FX develops discerning shows across all cultural aspects, it does so with a smaller budget and it is FREE with basic cable. Unlike its’ premium cousin channel HBO.
