The Sopranos
Television Show
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Stuff | November 08, 2009
Alan Ball has kiss of life
...US cable channel HBO out of a slump. The network was having a fallow period after its glory days when The Sopranos and Sex and the City regularly reaped Emmys and pulled viewers in their millions. Then along came Ball, who had won an...
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | November 04, 2009
True Blood DVD review
True Blood DVD review It's hard to see why True Blood has become HBO's most-watched serial since The Sopranos. Rating: * * 18, HBO (12 episodes of 1 hr), GBP39.14 There's more than a whiff of a post-watershed Twilight about True Blood,...
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Newsweek Top News | September 11, 2009
Alexander Skarsgard: 'True Blood's Hottest Vampire
...heated in the show's season finale this weekend. As True Blood has become HBO's biggest hit since The Sopranos, averaging about 5 million viewers a week, Skarsgard is the vampire of the hour. Paquin might have won the Golden Globe, but...
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L.A. Times - Show Tracker | June 16, 2009
'True Blood' gives HBO its biggest audience since 'The Sopranos'
'True Blood' gives HBO its biggest audience since 'The Sopranos' Some 3.7 million viewers tuned into the second season premiere of HBO's "True Blood" Sunday -- the network's biggest telecast rating in two years. Another 1.4 million watched...
In this article: HBO, True Blood, Alan Ball, and Charlaine Harris
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Guardian Unlimited | October 30, 2009
Vampire-hunting in New Orleans
...includes Six Feet Under, has described his new show as "bubblegum TV" (anyone talking of it in the same terms as other HBO shows such as The Sopranos or The Wire has let the bayou humidity go to their head). But it is fun and raunchy and...
In this article: New Orleans, Anne Rice, True Blood, Louisiana, Mina Harker, Crescent City, and Pumpkin
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thestar.com | August 31, 2009
Sex and the undead city
...fiction best-seller list. The show, a mishmash of Flannery O'Connor aspirations and Anne Rice pop-blood hunger, threatens to surpass Sex and the City as the most-watched series in HBO's history after The Sopranos. But True Blood is nothing...
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Yahoo! News | July 14, 2009
Comcast, HBO Plan Online Content for Cable Subscribers (NewsFactor)
...episodes of current and classic HBO series like True Blood, Hung, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Wire, Sex and the City, The Sopranos, and Real Time with Bill Maher. Available movies include Transformers, The Dark Knight, Tropic...
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Chicago Tribune | September 09, 2009
Vampires taking a healthy bite out of pop culture landscape
...in November, with the third installment to follow in June. "True Blood," drawing some of HBO's largest audiences since "The Sopranos," concludes its second season Sunday. Now, the CW network is taking a stab at the genre with "The...
In this article: Kevin Williamson, Vampires, Twilight, Melissa Rosenberg, New Moon, Guillermo del Toro, HBO, and True Blood
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Rocky Mountain News | November 19, 2008
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Description from Wikipedia:
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created and produced by David Chase. It premiered on the premium cable network HBO in the United States on January 10, 1999 and ended its original run of six seasons and 86 episodes on June 10, 2007. The show has also been broadcast on A&E in the United States and internationally. Set in New Jersey, where it also was produced, the series revolves around mobster Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads.
A major commercial and critical success, The Sopranos is the most financially successful cable series in the history of television and is acknowledged as one of the greatest television series of all time. The series is noted for its high level of quality in all aspects of production and is particularly recognized for its writing and the performances of its lead actors.
The show is credited with bringing a greater level of artistry to the television medium and paving the way for many successful drama series that followed.
It also won numerous awards, including twenty-one Emmys and five Golden Globes.
A staple of 2000s American popular culture, The Sopranos has been the subject of much parody, controversy and analysis, and has spawned books,
a video game,
high-charting soundtrack albums, and a large amount of assorted merchandise.
- Name:
- The Sopranos
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Genre:
- Drama
- Executive Producer:
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- David Chase
- Terence Winter (Seasons 5-6)
- Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess (Seasons 2-5)
- Ilene S. Landress (Seasons 4-6)
- Brad Grey
- Matthew Weiner (Season 6, Part 2)
- Created By:
- David Chase
- Starring:
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- Drea de Matteo
- Edie Falco
- Vincent Curatola
- Aida Turturro
- Steven Van Zandt
- Vincent Pastore
- James Gandolfini
- Joe Pantoliano
- Michael Imperioli
- Steve Schirripa
- Kathrine Narducci
- Steve Buscemi
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler
- Lorraine Bracco
- Federico Castelluccio
- John Ventimiglia
- David Proval
- Sharon Angela
- Nancy Marchand
- Tony Sirico
- Dan Grimaldi
- Frank Vincent
- Joseph R. Gannascoli
- Dominic Chianese
- Robert Iler
- Length:
- approx. 50 minutes
- Picture Format:
- Film shown as NTSC or PAL (depending of the country)
- Opening Theme:
- "Woke Up This Morning" (Chosen One Mix)
- Website:
- http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/
- Language:
- English
- Audio Format:
- Stereo
- Location:
- Silvercup Studios
- Broadcast Channel:
- HBO
- Number of Seasons:
- 6
- First:
- January 10, 1999
- Last:
- June 10, 2007
- Number of Episodes:
- 86
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