# The Crown

5 Hacker News commenters recommended The Crown and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People praise it as a prestige TV drama and single out Gillian Anderson's performance as Thatcher. One critic found the rest of the season tedious.

## Why people recommend it

- Gillian Anderson's performance as Thatcher (1 comments): "Gillian Anderson gives an amazing turn as Thatcher; it's too bad the rest of that season is so tedious." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48462401))
- Prestige TV drama (2 comments): "The Crown is absolutely a prestige TV show." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46161684)) "Narcos, The Crown, Godless, Dept Q" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46165628))

## What people warn about

- Rest of season feels tedious (1 comments): "Gillian Anderson gives an amazing turn as Thatcher; it's too bad the rest of that season is so tedious." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48462401))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Halt and Catch Fire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/halt-and-catch-fire.md): 166 recommend
- [Babylon 5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/babylon-5.md): 86 recommend
- [Silicon Valley (TV series)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/silicon-valley.md): 52 recommend
- [Andor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/andor.md): 52 recommend
- [The Wire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wire.md): 39 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Crown", https://hackerapproved.com/p/crown/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).