I have been a faithful HBO fan for well over a decade.. but now that : Oz, The Corner, The Wire, Soprano's and other series are over and not coming back I was thinking about canceling it for Showtime.. We had a free view of Showtime over the weekend and it has a lot of shows that I like.. I was even trying to make a pro's and con's list.. I don't want to pay for both services..

Pro
Both have boxing
Both have great series

Con
To much kid shit on HBO
All the good series are over on HBO

Showtime has Dexter and Californication.

Enough.

HBO has...

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Big Love
Flight of the Concords

A slew of great original documentaries.

Not to mention HBO has some of the best shows ever made under its belt which only gives it promise for new shows living up to those standards.

Showtime has...

Dexter (I hear is good.)
Californication (I loved it, but I don't think it is great by any stretch of the imagination.)
Weeds (I hear it jumped the shark. I'll catch it on DVD eventually.)

I personally would go HBO its one of the few places on Television which is constantly providing content that is ahead of its time, rather than just of its time.

3 words: Band of Brothers.

Showtime will have Louis CK's Comedy special this fall. That's enough right there.

i almost bought this yesterday. question: where would you rank it in the HBO series spectrum?

its not good, its much more than that

its a great show. end of story, why compare it to anything else when its great?

Bit Torrent.

Dexter alone makes Showtime worth it.

his special will be awesome. saw it live. hilarious. i wish it was on hbo though. will showtime release it on dvd?

honestly, at the moment it may look like showtime is the better option cause some of their regular series are running over the summer. however, once fall rolls around HBO is going to kick in again. entourage will start up, curb perhaps, and a couple really good series like in treatment (maybe), etc.

so if i were you i'd go with HBO.