Oliver and his comedy writers went to work, dug deep and found the story of George Moon, who discovered a 12,000-year-old Mammoth fossil in Erie County in the summer of 1991. From there, it wasn't a stretch for them to come up with the new team name.

Here are the seven best prestige drama TV shows that are streaming on HBO Max right now, including "Station Eleven" and "The Leftovers."

With a lot of help from ’The Penguin’ and ‘The White Lotus,’ HBO and its sibling streamer earned a record high number of nods for the two platforms.

The film is less all-out action-forward than Fury Road, but it still has several of the best car chase sequences of the decade. Even better is Anya Taylor-Joy’s central performance, which feels destined to stand the test of time.

With the latest rom-com on Netflix, "Too Much," the platform is betting on an original concept, bringing in tested talent who have already proven their worth, particularly on HBO. Leveraging known talent who have built their own following is one tool that can help an original concept get off the ground initially.

“The Gilded Age” first premiered on HBO in 2022. Featuring stars like Carrie Coon, Cynthia Nixon, Christine Baranski and more, the historical drama became an instant success, garnering 7 Emmy nominations over a two-year time span.

Glenview, a mansion built by millionaire Wall Street banker John Bond Trevor in 1877, appears as Mrs. Astor's house in HBO's "The Gilded Age."

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The premiere episode of True Detective set a dark and mysterious tone for the crime drama by offering a glimpse of the show's darker vibe. It introduced the two detectives, Marty and Rust, played by Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, respectively, as they were interviewed about a closed case.

The show marks one of the more interesting spinoffs you could choose to make from a huge movie like The Batman, showing us the backstory of Colin Farrell's Penguin as he builds himself up from a smalltime player to a huge part of the crime world in Gotham City.