Collider highlights HBO’s strength in fantasy television, arguing that a small group of its series maintain exceptionally high quality throughout their runs. The article particularly praises adaptations and spin-offs that retain detailed world-building, strong production values and faithful treatment of their source material.

– His Dark Materials: HBO’s adaptation of Philip Pullman’s trilogy is praised as a far more faithful and complete version than the 2008 film, following a young Oxford girl confronting the Magisterium across multiple worlds.
– House of the Dragon: Set 300 years before Game of Thrones, the prequel centres on the dragon-riding Targaryen dynasty and is presented as having avoided the unevenness associated with its predecessor’s final season.