I can't think of better historical TV than Band of Brothers, Ken Burns' Civil and War and OJ: Made in America. I've never seen Roots and I've only watched the start of John Adams. Things like The Tudors, Rome, and the Crown might be pretty good, but they're nowhere near the caliber of the former.
Maybe period pieces is another slice of the pie: Mad Men, All Creatures Great and Small, Queen's Gambit, Boardwalk Empire (I've only seen about one season), Deadwood (only seen a little), Downton Abbey, and Sopranos (?) are probably all really good to some relative degree.
Any difference of opinion on those? Any thoughts on other high-quality historical TV?
Maybe period pieces is another slice of the pie: Mad Men, All Creatures Great and Small, Queen's Gambit, Boardwalk Empire (I've only seen about one season), Deadwood (only seen a little), Downton Abbey, and Sopranos (?) are probably all really good to some relative degree.
Any difference of opinion on those? Any thoughts on other high-quality historical TV?