You don’t even have to open a history book to know that New York City has been and is currently home to what might be the most diverse conglomeration of people in the entire world. That’s a good reason why it’s sometimes dubbed “the city that never sleeps.” Wouldn’t it be fascinating to see what is a complicated cast of residents navigates such an environment? You would need some kind of common thread, though. For three seasons, the HBO series “High Maintenance” utilized marijuana as a window into these lives, and a fourth go-around is coming soon.

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Based on the web series from Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair, “High Maintenance” might be one of the best shows on television you’re not watching, though clearly someone is since HBO has renewed it for a third season. Remember that critically-acclaimed episode of Aziz Ansari’s “Master Of None,” where Aziz and all the characters on the show took a backseat and the episode centered on a series of random New Yorkers instead?

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HBO is known for its wide range of great original series. However, when you think of HBO and its original series, the names that come to mind are “Game of Thrones,” “Westworld,” “Big Little Lies,” and “True Detective.” But you shouldn’t sleep on “High Maintenance,” which is about to enter its third season on the premium network.

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If you exclude stuff from Amazon or Netflix or Hulu (which might only be available via online streaming, but are otherwise very traditional TV shows), we still haven’t really had a true breakout web series, a show that debuts on a YouTube or a Vimeo and makes a real pop-culture impact. “Broad City” might be the closest, but it really found its fans after the show moved to Comedy Central.

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The closest thing to a true crossover to date is “High Maintenance,” which produced 19 episodes between 2012 and 2015.

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