The Sopranos

...Dexter, The Tudors and Californication. Meanwhile, HBO struggled to make an impact with the ratings or the critics with John From Cincinnati, the show which inherited The Sopranos time slot. A bizarre mix of surfing, quantum physics and...

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...Strauss, who was at the network since 1986. But Naegle faces tough comparisons with the channel's heyday early this decade, when The Sopranos, Sex and the City and Six Feet built HBO into a powerhouse of buzz, viewership and accolades that HBO...

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...announced that she will be stepping down today, ending a run at the cable network in which she shepherded notable series like The Sopranos and Six Feet Under to massive critical and ratings success. The network has been stalling a bit...

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...a relatively close second, with 76. The recognition comes at a transitional period for HBO, which is working to reboot its lineup after the departure of signature programs such as "The Sopranos." Misfires like last summer's "John From...

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...to fend off the perception that it had lost its mojo. Esoteric surfer series "John From Cincinnati," the first big launch after "The Sopranos" concluded its run, quickly flopped. Relationship drama "Tell Me You Love Me" was canceled after...

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...a rocky couple of years for the premium cable outlet and one-time critical tastemaker. Megawatt series like Sex and the City and The Sopranos concluded their runs; newer shows like Lucky Louie and John from Cincinnati failed to gain traction...

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...Conical And Men Smoked In Elevators: "Mad Men" Season One On DVD When "The Sopranos" came to its much-anticipated conclusion last summer, HBO tried in vain to plug the breach. Its opening gambit--"John From Cincinnati," a surf noir drama with...

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...said. The timing couldn t be better for HBO, a subscriber-based network that lost some of its hipness factor when it failed to develop shows that could match the critical and commercial highs of The Sopranos and Sex and the City. The...

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...NPR 'True Blood,' Tasty New TV From Alan Ball And HBO Fresh Air from WHYY, September 5, 2008 · Ever since The Sopranos cut to black, HBO has been searching for the next big thing. The show that replaced it, John from Cincinnati, sure...

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