> mediocre TV show

Won 3 Primetime Emmys

52 wins & 124 nominations total

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805669/awards/

I guess it's just too lowbrow for you.

Award winning shows and movies does not exclude forgettable cash grabs.

However, my counter examples included Grey’s Anatomy, Mad Max, and Titanic. None of these are considered high literature exactly (and all of them are award winning as well).