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TheTwoCents 2007 Review - Shows That Left Us
Whether they left on their own (King of Queens) or were shut down before even a second episode aired (Viva Laughlin) here is a list of shows that bowed out over the last year.
Why Did You Leave Us?
The Sopranos
They left us in the dark, in every definition of the word. As Tony and his family sat in that diner and the screen went to black, we all wondering what could have happened. (After we all got off the phone with our cable providers that is.)
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Review The Sopranos - Season 6, Part 2 — See ItToday!
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By nikolas8588 Last year, Tony Soprano cheated death when he was shot by his now institutionalized Uncle Junior. While Tony continues to muse about his second chance at life, he faces a myriad of immediate, stress-inducing crises at home, ...
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Postcard From Beijing: Tony on the Tube
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• Mon, Aug 18
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United States - With homage to lyrics by A3, the British group that made the opening song on The Sopranos.) With the Olympics going on without me, I switched on the ...
Music Review: Mad Men- Music From The Series, Vol. 1
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OH - And given Weiner’s background working on David Chase’s The Sopranos which changed the way that music was woven into a storyline (just in that tremendous ...
The Sopranos: Music From The HBO Original Series (1999-2007)
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By SearchMovieDownload 01. Woke Up This Moring (Chosen One Mix) - A3 02. It’s Bad You Know - RL Burnside 03. It Was A Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra 04. Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan 05. Inside Of Me - Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul ...
Mobsters, molls, moonshine
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• Thu, Aug 14
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AR - Raines also credits the television show The Sopranos for the museum’s early success. “I don’t think we could do this without The Sopranos happening,” he ...
Fitting Network TV for a Toe Tag
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• Wed, Aug 13
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- A&E spent big money to buy reruns of HBO's The Sopranos because it wanted to be seen as the kind of network that would air a show like The Sopranos . ...
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Saving TV
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A&E spent big money to buy reruns of HBO’s The Sopranos because it wanted to be seen as the kind of network that would air a show like The Sopranos. But it’s not; it’s the kind of network that would air reruns of The Sopranos and take ...
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New DVD releases include 'The Wire: The Complete Fifth Season'
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• Tue, Aug 12
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PA - Aug 12, 2008 By Garrett Conti The majority of HBO viewers would have no problem pointing to "The Sopranos" as the best show to ever run on the cable outlet's airwaves. ...
'Lost' Stars Renegotiating Their Contracts
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• Mon, Aug 11
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Negotiations like this are perfectly normal in Hollywood, so it comes as no surprise that Fox and Lilly would like a bit more cash for their last two years on the show. To compare their salaries to other hit shows, the ladies on Desperate Housewives pull in about $440,000 an episode, James G...
Television Review Diddy, Tiffany and Luke: Celebreality Triple-Header
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• Sun, Aug 10
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United States - Aug 10, 2008 The show it is most reminiscent of, in some ways, is “The Sopranos,” with Mr. Campbell as a more avuncular Tony, forced by his profession to hang out at ...
DVD: Brooklyn Rules
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By Movies@the-void Imagine a Mean Streets rip off starring Freddie Prinze Jr - that pretty much sums up this routine tale of friendship in 1980s Brooklyn that comes "from the writer of The Sopranos." A clichéd story set against a world of mob violence that only really becomes relevant at key plot points.
TV Obits: Brillstein, Taylor, Scott, Insul
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• Sat, Aug 9
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By Bob Sassone Bernie Brillstein: He was a veteran manager and producer who not only produced such shows as NewsRadio, Just Shoot Me, Mr. Show, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Heist, ALF, and The Martin Short Show, he helped bring Saturday Night Live and The Sopranos to television, and helped the careers o...
Matt Weiner of Mad Men: The TV Squad Interview
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• Fri, Aug 8
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By Allison Waldman The Sopranos' creator David Chase read it and hired him. After copping a couple of Emmys for his work on that HBO drama, Weiner finally got his spec script sold. Now, Mad Men has earned 16 Emmy nominations and Matt Weiner is working on ...
My Boys' finale airing tonight - Philadelphia Inquirer
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Matt Weiner of Mad Men: The TV Squad Interview
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My Boys' finale airing tonight - Philadelphia Inquirer
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Bernie Brillstein Dies
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• Thu, Aug 7
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Q: You speak in your book about the wasteful way that television networks decide to pick their shows each season. They use pilots, which cost a lot to make and many never see the light of day. Brillstein: I had a great time. Look how lucky I am. Look how lucky.
Bernie Brillstein, Pioneering Manager and Producer, Dies at 77 - New York Observer
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The Sopranos (Season 1) DVD Review
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• Tue, Aug 5
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By rooster1669 Golden Globe performer James Gandolfini plays the title role of Tony Soprano, a middle-aged father of two, loving husband, and successful businessman. BBW stands for Big Beautiful Woman.This does not necessarily mean a fat woman. ...
NORM: Tempers heat up at LV Ice Center - Las Vegas Review
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NORM: Tempers heat up at LV Ice Center Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - Actor Dominic Chianese, who played Corrado Soprano Jr., or Uncle Junior, on "The Sopranos," spotted at the Gold Bar inside the Pahrump Nugget Hotel & Casino ...
These Wire fanatics really should cop on
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• Fri, Aug 1
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These days, if you want to establish your credentials as a serious cultural commentator, it's absolutely essential to insist that HBO's crime series The Wire is the greatest achievement in the history of television. Forget The Sopranos -- that was so yesterday, darling. Forget Six Feet U...
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MI - The other Showtime coup is "Nurse Jackie," a dramatic series from Edie Falco, aka Carmela Soprano from HBO's "The Sopranos," may it rest in peace. ...
Mad show
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By binduiswriting So I have been aware of 'Mad Men' for a while now, the show created by Max Weiner (also the producer of The Sopranos) and I have watched a few random spots on the Net earlier when I first heard about it. Was very interesting stuff. Interesting enough to make me dial Movie Empire's number and ask i...
‘Mad Men’ A Hit? Try A Whopping TWO Million Viewers
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• Wed, Jul 30
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By Wayne Friedman If you are an HBO executive, you are probably smacking yourself in the head. You had Matt Weiner’s attention (the creator of “Mad Men”) when he was a writer for “The Sopranos.” But you let “Mad Men” go thinking it probably wouldn’t amount to anything.
Soap Watch: 'Sopranos' star headed to GH
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• Mon, Jul 28
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Edie Falco to star in comedy series
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• Mon, Jul 21
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By MT Bureau Los Angeles -- Edie Falco, the US actress best known for portraying mob wife Carmela on "The Sopranos," will play a New York City nurse in a new TV comedy, Showtime said. Story:. The network said it has ordered 12 half-hour episodes of ...
General Hospital snags a big cat - TV Squad
2008 a breakthrough year for cable series
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The crop of nominees for Best Drama Series is notable in that HBO is absent from the list for the first time since “The Sopranos” entered the Emmy Race in 1998. Competing with the aforementioned cable shows for top honor are ABC’s ...
The joke's on ABC -- or is it on Jimmy Kimmel?
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• Wed, Jul 16
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By Alan Pergament Said he hoped that "Scrubs," which has moved to ABC from NBC, will have more than one season left. -- Announced that Michael Imperioli, best known as Christopher on "The Sopranos," has joined the cast of the new drama, "Life on Mars." ...
Press Tour: What Does This Guy Deserve?
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• Tue, Jul 15
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Thanks, I suppose, to "The Sopranos," we in the press ranks have all larded our expectations about how classic series - particularly violent ones with morally conflicted characters - should end. Okay, at least I have. It's this sense that the end will fully and completely capture the prece...
Buzz Interview: Holly Hunter on Saving Grace
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• Mon, Jul 14
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By BuzzSugar What preceded that was the success of The Shield and Rescue Me and The Sopranos — really started the wild, wild west in cable. FX and HBO kind of started this new idea, which was real character drama, and a character who does ...
HBO Wants A Soprano Film, David Chase Says No Dice
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By john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) It’s no surprise HBO is looking to head back to the land of organized crime, and of course they’d be behind a feature film based on The Sopranos — especially after seeing the damage done by Sex and the City at the box office. ...
That Sopranos big screen movie? Fuggeddaboutit
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• Wed, Jul 9
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By Allison Waldman Okay, seriously, he's not a shrink, he just played one on The Sopranos. Director-actor Peter Bogdanovich was asked about a possible big-screen Sopranos and he said it's not going to happen. "I spoke to David Chase a month ago, ...
'The Sopranos' Star Joins the Cast of 'Entourage'
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• Mon, Jul 7
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Online that Jamie-Lynn Sigler will soon be returning to HBO, however. She has just been cast for several episodes on Entourage's upcoming fifth season. ... Jamie-Lynn Sigler to appear on 'Entourage' United Press International Jamie-Lynn Sigler Joins Entourage Hollyscoop
'The Sopranos' Star Joins the Cast of 'Entourage'
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• Mon, Jul 7
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When last we saw Meadow Soprano, she was having troubles parallel parking outside of a diner, late for a family dinner. After that The Sopranos episode's controversial final scene – in which the show quietly ended with Journey's “Don't ...
Crimespree Cinema: DVD Info: Super Sopranos set coming in November.
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• Tue, Jun 24
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 DVD Info: Super Sopranos set coming in November. Fans of The Sopranos now have something to put on their wish list for Christmas. Warner/HBO announced today they will be releasing Sopranos: The Complete Series on November 11th. This 33 disc set will have a SRP of $399. Th...
60th Emmy Awards Preview - Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesOriginal at memles (WordPress)
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By Myles As far as Boston Legal goes, it has seen its chances in the category skyrocket after William Shatner, a perennial nominee, has been joined by John Larroquette and Christian Clemenson. The former is an Emmy darling from his time on Night Court, while the latter won an Emmy for a guest appeara...
TV News Briefs for November 29, 2007
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The end of The Sopranos and the absence of Deadwood apparently hasn't hurt HBO. According to the latest numbers, the cable network's subscriber base actually rose in the third quarter of 2007, up 80,000 to almost 29 million. Deana Myers, senior analyst at tracking company SNL Kagan, said,...
Emmys -- a bigger bust than Dolly Parton's
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By terry(morrow2@knews.com) Ratings aside, "The Sopranos" claimed its final Emmy as best dramatic series. Winners in other top categories were scattered across the prime-time landscape like the bodies of the show’s fallen characters across New Jersey. Spader rubbed out three-time winner James Gandolfini of "The...
'Sopranos' Win; Actors Whacked
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By Hartford Courant The Sopranos" won best drama and the insider TV sitcom "30 Rock" won best comedy at the 59th Emmy Awards Sunday. A bigger surprise may have been the win of James Spader of "Boston Legal" as outstanding male lead in a drama over James Gandolfini’s nuanced performance of Tony Soprano.
'Sopranos' actress to stop by '30 Rock'
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• Thu, Sep 6
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By Tempo Edie Falco will appear on three episodes of "30 Rock" in the comedy's second season. We're thrilled to have such an amazing actress come join us," said Tina Fey, Creator/ Executive Producer/ Star, "30 Rock." "Also, a lot of guys on our crew want 'The Sopranos' ending explained to them."
David Chase addresses that 'Sopranos' ending. Sort of.
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• Sun, Jul 22
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By Tempo Presented with a room full of TV critics, “Sopranos” David Chase couldn’t resist teasing the assembled throng about the hotly debated ending to his HBO show. Chase was on hand at Saturday’s Television Critic Association Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton, where “The Sopranos” won th...
Hopes dim for 'Deadwood' fans, an 'Entourage' trailer and more on that 'Sopranos' finale
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By Tempo I don’t know [what happened] because my TV went out," HBO executive Michael Lombardo joked. David Milch, who created “Deadwood” and then moved on to the HBO series “John From Cincinnati,” is “exhausted” after shooting “John’s” first season, Plepler said.
TV Review: The Sopranos Or The Tiger? David Chase As Frank Stockton
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• Wed, Jun 13
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By Paul Levinson Some thoughts on the remarkable ending of The Sopranos: Then, of course, if we allow the possibility that no one was killed, then the guy just went to the bathroom not to take care of business but to do his own business. So David Chase has given us a Sopranos, or the Tiger ending.
The Sopranos: Darkness visible.
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• Tue, Jun 12
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By Jeffrey Goldberg, Stephen Metcalf, Timothy Noah, Brian Williams, and Terry Winter It's been my lot to feel precisely the opposite about the Sopranos as everyone else does. So I thought I'd take my last licks. I found the ending flawless, more of which in a moment. But first: For me, the show had, in its recent iterations, become like church, an every-Sunday obligation lo...
Sopranos: My Take
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• Tue, Jun 12
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I was out of pocket yesterday because, no kidding, I had to sit on three picnic tables in a playground for four hours to reserve them for a three year-old's birthday party. So here's my take, and since it's already Tuesday, I don't need to hide anything inside. On the one hand, the ending was a br...
Further thoughts on that 'Sopranos' finale
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By Tempo I’m coming around to the view that maybe we shouldn’t be surprised by that shocking “Sopranos” series finale. Like A.J., Christopher and Carmela, she’d rather be “Comfortably Numb” – the song that was playing when a drugged-up Christopher ran off the road.
Sopranos Email
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Using our new device of concealing the rest of the post below the 'fold' I can now pile up email from readers without clogging the Corner or annoying people who don't care. An extra kipper in Chaka's rations! Anyway, email-with-spoilers after the link #more# From a reader: The gentleman i...
Angry "Sopranos" Fans Crash HBO's Website
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By The Huffington Post News Editors The line to cancel HBO starts here. What a ridiculously disappointing end lacking in creativity to The Sopranos saga. But if you're one of those who found it perversely interesting, then don't bother to read on. Even if David Chase, who wrote and directed the final episode, was demonstratin...
"The Sopranos" finale: Whatever you want to believe
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• Sun, Jun 10
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By tvgal@seattlepi.com (Melanie McFarland) You had to figure that series creator David Chase wasn't going to let Tony Soprano off easy, but to do this to the fans and bookies following nine weeks of theorizing whether he'd die or not? That's so cruel, it's brilliant. Meadow still can't park.
NOT DEAD YET
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• Fri, Jun 8
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Steven Van Zandt unwittingly fueled speculation about "The Sopranos" series finale when he told a New York Post reporter that there'd be no chance of a spinoff movie unless it was a "prequel." So does this mean "The Sopranos" will go the way of "Reservoir Dogs," with all the bad guys in a big s...
The Sopranos: The Top Ten Episodes
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• Thu, Jun 7
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By Patrick And then we get the sad resolution of Pussy’s story as he’s gunned down and dumped in the ocean. This is a major turning point for Tony, and the series as a whole. We’d seen Tony kill before, but to kill a friend? It’s cast a shadow over the entire series, echoed in this season’s “Remember When.”
As 'Sopranos' end nears, so does Tony's
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• Mon, Jun 4
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NEW YORK -- The next-to-last episode of "The Sopranos" found one member of Tony's crew meeting a bloody end, another in critical condition and even Tony getting terminated by his therapist.
What iF Picks: 'THE SOPRANOS' SERIES FINALE HIGHLIGHTS THE WEEK IN ... - iFMagazine
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What iF Picks: 'THE SOPRANOS' SERIES FINALE HIGHLIGHTS THE WEEK IN ... - David Chase wrote and directed the final episode that will end the six year run for television best drama. I’m writing this before the June 3 rd episode so ...