Every David Simon TV Show Ranked Worst To Best
David Simon has created some of the most distinctive and critically acclaimed television shows of the 21st century. The former reporter has produced three full series and five miniseries, all for HBO, and all taking a realistic and journalistic approach to issues facing America. None of Simon's series are bad, but some of them are more dramatically successful than others.
Simon worked as a crime reporter for The Baltimore Sun for 13 years, including writing the book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. The book was adapted into a critically acclaimed NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street, with Simon becoming a writer and executive producer on the show. This led David Simon to begin creating his own shows, beginning with The Corner, also based on a journalistic book written by Simon and Ed Burns. While Simon's shows often take a while to be recognized and receive little awards attention, they have attracted critical praise, especially dark police drama The Wire, which has often been suggested in discussions regarding what the best TV show ever is.
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While David Simon is often identified as the primary author of these series, he shares credit with a reliable group of collaborators including Burns, crime novelist George Pelecanos, and TV writers Eric Overmyer and William F. Zorzi. The following list includes all eight David Simon TV shows that see him credited as a creator and/or showrunner, which excludes Homicide but includes all of his work since, from worst to best.
Simon's most recent series, We Own This City is based on the true story of Baltimore's corrupt Gun Trace Task Force. The six-episode miniseries was hailed as David Simon's return to
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