That international content is quantity but not AAA quality. Dark is probably among the best and it doesn't clear the bar... 1899 is better, but cut short after 1 season. Most others are noticeably low budget.

What quality bar does Dark not clear?

American shows do of course get wild budgets and can do some crazy stuff, but there’s good international tv

My personal bar of what counts as AAA I guess? It actually started quite well, but second half of the series drags down the average in terms of story/screenwriting/camera/VFX. It doesn't stand near the likes of Foundation, Game of Thrones, Mrs. Maisel, Mr. Robot, The Wire

Doing TV is a marathon, perhaps Dark showrunners are more of sprinter people and should do movies instead.

You'd be hard-pressed to find much that's going to stand with Game of Thrones on production values.

Dark, I'd agree, faded in terms of the plotting as it got kind of all twisted up in itself toward the end, but I still liked it quite a bit. And you could say similar things about some of your other picks, like Mr. Robot (or Game of Thrones for that matter). Sustained excellence season after season is really hard to achieve.

None of them went off the rails in visual quality, story, etc as dramatically as Dark...