SHO alternative

The answer

HBO

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HBO answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• TMC (4 uses in xd)
• AMC (2 uses in xd)
• TNT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for HBO

Every other clue in this collection answered by HBO, most used first.

• "Game of Thrones" airer - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Sopranos" network - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• "Game of Thrones" network - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Cable channel - used 23 times, most recently in 2007
• Showtime rival - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• "Veep" airer - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• SHO rival - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
• "True Detective" network - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• "Westworld" airer - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• "Westworld" network - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• "Big Little Lies" airer - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• "Curb Your Enthusiasm" network - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Veep" channel - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "Boardwalk Empire" network - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• "Euphoria" airer - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Euphoria" network - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Last Week Tonight" network - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Six Feet Under" network - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Premium cable channel - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• "Sex and the City" network - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Succession" channel - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Cable letters - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• "Game of Thrones" channel - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "The Wire" network - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Barry" network - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Deadwood" network - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• "Girls" airer - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Silicon Valley" channel - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Starz rival - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• "The Sopranos" airer - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Sopranos" channel - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "The Wire" airer - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Big Little Lies" network - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Cable movie channel - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Home of "The Sopranos" - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• Premium channel - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Showtime alternative - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Showtime competitor - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• "True Blood" network - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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