check out (assuming you havent already) mad men (matthew weiner wrote and directed so many great sopranos episodes), the wire, twin peaks (massive inspiration on sopranos and all the shows mentioned here) and riget/the kingdom if you enjoy sopranos. hbo's rome also has quality writing but it was...
just about anything with emil and todd's and the tards responsible for the aborted abomination that is the amazon series' meddling meaty fingers faaaar away would be acceptable at this point.
to seriously answer your question though, the most amazing and damning thing about nv is how great...
never understood this perspective at all. i would rather never get another fallout game again than have bugthesda and now hollywood dredge up its long dead and now borderline fleshless faceless and anonymous skeleton for yet another nuka cola brotherhood amusement park braindead mid shooter...