For All Mankind
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 15 of 60 TV series by recommenders
Fans praise its alternate-history space race and bittersweet, moving storytelling; a couple of critics call it soap opera in space with science as a prop.
Fans praise its alternate-history space race and bittersweet, moving storytelling; a couple of critics call it soap opera in space with science as a prop.
22 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 20
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 91%
Recommended in 10 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 20 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 10 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 10 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Often recommended alongside The Expanse
“I've heard "The Expanse" and "For All Mankind" are supposed to be good TV shows”
Comment from 7 Feb 2026 in “Where did all the starships go?” “Other thoughtful and well made shows: For All Mankind”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “Halt and Catch Fire: TV's Best Drama You've Probably Never Heard Of (2021)” “Project Hail Mary, For All Mankind, and many more”
Comment from 7 Feb 2026 in “Where did all the starships go?” - Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Patrick Stewart has died”
Alternate-history space race take
“I like "For All Mankind" and its "Apollopunk" setting using the excuse of Russia beating the United States to first boots on the Moon”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “Television is 100 years old today” “a great alternate history show that imagines the N1 succeeding”
Comment from 27 Feb 2026 in “NASA announces major overhaul of Artemis program amid safety concerns, delays” “The show For All Mankind is a truly bittersweet look at how space exploration could have turned out differently.”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “A rough guide for going back to the Moon” Moving, emotional storytelling
“movingly commemorated the fictional lead character Ed Baldwin's Apollo 10-like in-universe mission”
Comment from 11 Apr 2026 in “Artemis II safely splashes down” “The first ten minutes of FAM hit me unexpectedly hard”
Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Night Witches – all-female Soviet aviator regiment WW2” “The show For All Mankind is a truly bittersweet look at how space exploration could have turned out differently.”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “A rough guide for going back to the Moon”
Other TV series people recommend
The four most recommended other TV series, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halt and Catch Fire | 166 | 20 | 89% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Babylon 5 | 86 | 21 | 80% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Silicon Valley (TV series) | 52 | 1 | 98% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Andor | 52 | 5 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| For All MankindThis page | 20 | 2 | 91% | 10 | — | Approved |
What people said
18 of the 23 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It's a great show though!”
“Both are more soap operas in space and science is just a prop”
“For All Mankind and The Expanse on TV.”
“The show For All Mankind is a truly bittersweet look at how space exploration could have turned out differently.”
“I hear that the For All Mankind series is pretty good”
“yet used current Apple phones and devices. How unimaginative.”
“The first ten minutes of FAM hit me unexpectedly hard”
“For instance, the latter is produced by Sony, yet you see nearly zero product placement”
“all the space stuff is amazing”
“movingly commemorated the fictional lead character Ed Baldwin's Apollo 10-like in-universe mission”
“As a huge fan of Ron D. Moore's shows, and especially For All Mankind”
“a great alternate history show that imagines the N1 succeeding”
“Other thoughtful and well made shows: For All Mankind”
“it's a pretty realistic take on how future lunar and Martian settlements would work”
“I've heard "The Expanse" and "For All Mankind" are supposed to be good TV shows”
“Project Hail Mary, For All Mankind, and many more”
“I like "For All Mankind" and its "Apollopunk" setting using the excuse of Russia beating the United States to first boots on the Moon”
“has become a top 20 all time show for me”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.