Am I a snob?

You're not a snob, you have good taste. Most shows by HBO are better than average. Though I must add that the BBC has a pretty solid record as well.

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i would say 95% is an over estimate of the greatness of HBO series, but a lot of the series ARE good.

HBO series that i've loved thus far: Curbed, Six Feet Under, the Wire, Summer Heights High, True Blood

i watched the premiere of No.1 Ladies Detective today, and i was bored out of my skull. Also I found the acting a little on the amateur side. i may give the series another chance and watch the other 5 episodes, but I have a feeling this show is too slow paced for my taste.

IMO.

It doesn't mean you're a snob, it just means you put a LOT of faith in HBO.

Which side of the pond are you from? I suspect from the old country, as here in the colonies, we'd look at somebody that would only watch BCC, and turn up their nose at HBO as a snob, and somebody who rejects BBC and only watches HBO as a slob.

By the way, I don't think "the exception that proves the rule" means what you think it does, see for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule

But who am i to make an issue of this, I'm from a backwards country that doesn't speak the Queen's English, we speak a sort of Pidgin or Creole English here, called "Dumblish."

Who cares what anybody thinks? You like what you like and that's that.

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