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Sons Of Anarchy pilot review
Type of Pilot: Drama Similar Shows: The Sopranos (they are bad guys, but we like them), The Shield (they are bad guys, but we like them) Impressive Characters: Gemma Teller Morrow (played by Sagal) is one tough lady. Although this is the story of her son Jackson she gets a lot to do in the pilot and she's fun to watch. Jackson... not so much. Less-Than-Impressive Actors: Most members of the club are just forgettable faces in the crowd, but this is early days. Lots of episodes ahead t...   [read the full post]

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Rate Some of today's TV cliffhangers put emotions in the balance, not lives

Original at Cleveland Plain Dealer external link    Fri, Nov 6

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David Chase, the creator of "The Sopranos," didn't have Tony Soprano gunned down and left struggling for life at the end of a season. ... and more »

Rate General Hospital Needs Ratings Vaccination

Original at NewsBlaze external link    Fri, Nov 6

One has to wonder if management asked the writers to create a story more like "The Sopranos," so Sonny was castrated in an effort to make him a "soprano. ...

Rate TV tonight: 'SpongeBob Square Pants: Truth or Square'

Original at The Hub at LSJ.com external link    Fri, Nov 6

Daniel hires Natalie - played by Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who was Tony's daughter on "The Sopranos" - as his assistant. Also, he learns that his mother has a past ... and more »

Rate Cathedral to Host Choral Workshop and Concert

Original at tribune242.com external link    Wed, Nov 4

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Her songs have also appeared on such diverse television shows as 'The 700 Club' and HBO's acclaimed series 'The Sopranos'. "The choral workshop has two aims ...

Rate School for Gangsters - The Monthly

Original at themonthly.com.au external link    Wed, Nov 4

School for Gangsters The Monthly (subscription) The Sopranos' Tony Soprano, for example, watches old Jimmy Cagney movies on TV. But what's in it for the law-abiding? The idea that we enjoy crime stories ...

Rate St. Joseph News-Press, Mo., The Shuffle column

Original at California Chronicle external link    Wed, Nov 4

But no matter how good "The Sopranos" was, HBO wasn't going to throw it on anywhere else than prime time. That's when audiences are expecting TV that is ... and more »

Rate Sixth Annual TV DVD Award Nominees Announced

Original at Reuters external link    Mon, Nov 2

Factory The Real Ghostbusters, Time Life The Sopranos, HBO That `70s Show, Fox Best Miniseries/TV Movie Cagney & Lacey: The Menopause Years, S`More Kennedy, ... and more »

Past Two Weeks

 

Rate `Chuck' fan in luck: Buy More reopens in March

Original at MiamiHerald.com external link    Fri, Oct 30

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Q: I've become a faithful fan of The Sopranos on A&E. (I never watched it on HBO.) Do you know of a website where I could match up the actors' names with ... and more »

Rate Larry David's God-Given American Right to Be a Jerk - Big Hollywood

Original at bighollywood.breitbart.com external link    Fri, Oct 30

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Big Hollywood (blog) Larry David's God-Given American Right to Be a Jerk Big Hollywood (blog) Heck, the only thing I tried watching that was HBO-related was a few seasons of The Sopranos (which I bought on Amazon for dirt cheap, used) , and stopped ... and more »

Rate “Boardwalk Empire” to be on HBO next season

Original at Blast external link    Tue, Oct 27

The gritty true story has been adapted for HBO by Executive Producer Terrence Winter (”The Sopranos”) with the pilot episode directed by Martin Scorcese and ...

Past Month

 

Rate 'Sons of Anarchy' surprise hit of the fall

Original at New York Post external link    Fri, Oct 23

The Sopranos' was really Tony and everyone else in his orbit," Sutter says. "I think what really appeals to a lot of viewers is ['Sons' '] sense of ... and more »

Rate Tonights the night!

Original at The Sopranos external link    Thu, Oct 22

By Soprano Sue From The Sopranos; Arthur Nascarella (Carlo Gervasi), John 'Cha Cha' Ciarcia (Albie Cianflone & Unofficial Mayor of Little Italy), John Ventimiglia (Artie Bucco), Sharon Angela (Rosalie Aprile), Michael Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti) with his band La Dolce Vita, Vincen...

Rate Is Gabriel Byrne a suitable case for treatment?

Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk external link    Fri, Oct 16

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HBO likes therapy: remember Tony Soprano taking himself to a private therapist in The Sopranos? In Treatment is inspired by Be'Tipul, one of Israel's most ...

Rate Sopranos News for October 15, 2009

Original at The Sopranos external link    Thu, Oct 15

By Soprano Sue And where was Frank Sinatra, Jr. when he was asked to do a cameo on "The Sopranos"? John Ventimiglia (Artie Bucco) reads Jack Kerouac passages from the book "Big Sur" in the DVD, "One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur ." Soprano Sue

Rate Top 10 TV picks: October 13-19

Original at Stuff.co.nz external link    Mon, Oct 12

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NEW ROLE: Edie Falco, who played Carmela in The Sopranos, takes on the title role in Nurse Jackie. OPINION: Television critic Philip Wakefield chooses the ... TV review: Falco's performance keeps medical drama's heart beatingNew Zealand Herald all 2 news articles »

Rate Exporting a New York Soundtrack

Original at New York Times external link    Mon, Oct 12

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Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Steven Van Zandt, a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and a cast member of “The Sopranos,” chose ... and more »

Year 2009

 

Rate Matthew Weiner of Mad Men: The TV Squad Interview

Original at TV Squad external link    Fri, Oct 9

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By Joel Keller It's hard to say that a show that's already won a small U-Haul's worth of Emmys and other awards can be having a breakout season, but that seems to be what's happening with Mad Men during its third season. The buzz around the show has been as loud as we've heard since The Sopranos went to black, a...

Rate Dexter: Remains to Be Seen

Original at TV Squad external link    Mon, Oct 5

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By Danny Gallagher S0402) - "You've got a family to support and people to dismember. You're spinning too many plates, Dexter." - Harry Morgan One of the most interesting reasons to watch shows like Dexter are the ways the characters manage to wiggle their way out of complete destruction after pushing more tha...

Rate Sopranos News for September 22, 2009

Original at The Sopranos external link    Tue, Sep 22

By Soprano Sue Michael Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti) has been featured in commercials for 1800 Tequila, check it out. To view the spots, click here. Michael Imperioli recently premiered his film "Hungry Ghosts". Steve Schirripa (Bacala) and Sharon Angela (Rosalie Aprile) star in the film.

Rate Sopranos News June 25, 2009Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at The Sopranos external link    Thu, Jun 25

By Soprano Sue Lighten up people! The group that owes their exsistance to The Sopranos, are now launching a protest about a recent Miller Lite commercial that the talented actor Frank Vincent (Phil Leotardo) is featured in. Hey I don't see anyone complaining about how they portray women in this one.

Rate REVIEW: Old Globe's 'Price' is uneven but has its rewards

Original at North County Times external link    Wed, May 20

 CA Instead of entertaining and enlightening with the banter and unexpected wisdom of the seen-it-all Solomon, actor Dominic Chianese, best known as Uncle Junior on "The Sopranos," seemed befuddled and often lost, himself. Was the actor dropping or ...

Rate DVD Review: Brotherhood - Season 2 - Blogcritics.org

Original at The Sopranos external link    Tue, Jan 20

It’s a natural to compare Brotherhood to The Sopranos. They are both about organized-crime syndicates, families both criminal and blood, and evoke a real sense of place, made more authentic in Brotherhood by the filming of the show in Providence …

Rate The Sopranos Season 4 (2003) DVD9 / NTSC Disc 01 of 04

Original at BitHQ.org external link    Fri, Dec 19

Amazon.com Carmela to Tony: "Everything comes to an end." True enough, Mrs. Sope, but on The Sopranos, the end comes sooner for some than others. Though for some the widely debated fourth season contained too much yakking instead of whacking, and an emphasis on domestic...

Rate Best Discs Of 2008 - Staff Picks

Original at DVD Monthly Magazine external link    Thu, Dec 18

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By Tim Isaac The obvious choice maybe, but in my opinion the only choice! Christopher Nolan guided the Superhero movie to giddy new heights, and Heath Ledger cemented his immortality with a truly unhinged stint as The Joker. The Dark Knight’s dazzling scope recalls classic gangster movies of the pas...

Rate True Blood, season 1

Original at my.opera.com external link    Wed, Dec 17

By address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Georgius the Peasant) However, much like a baby learning to walk, with every episode, they improved. The cheese gradually declined to an acceptable level, and the characters started feeling less off. Many of them still felt (or feel, for that matter) highly stupid or uninteresting, but at least they started fe...

Rate Ex-"Sopranos" Actor Takes Stand In Murder Trail

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Dec 15

By The Huffington Post News Editors NEW YORK — Lillo Brancato says he didn't know an alleged accomplice was armed when he went looking for drugs. Brancato, who played a wannabe mobster on the HBO hit "The Sopranos," says he was suffering from heroin withdrawal when he and Steven Armento went to an apartment where the actor had...

Rate FX is turning in 'The Shield' after 7 seasons on the edge

Original at usatoday.com external link    Tue, Nov 25

It took seven seasons, but The Shield's Vic Mackey finally gets his reckoning tonight.Michael Chiklis' groundbreaking TV cop shocked viewers in his very first episode by shooting an undercover officer. The act re-emerges, along with an avalanche of other illegal activities committed...

Rate Fall TV update

Original at Doug Orleans's Journal external link    Thu, Nov 6

By dougorleans@gmail.com Time for an update on the new fall TV shows. In descending order of recommendation: Sons of Anarchy: This is the biggest surprise for me—I hadn't heard anything about it other than seeing enigmatic commercials on FX this summer, but I'm really enjoying it. In a nutshell, it's like The Sopran...

Rate Vic Mackey's last beat-down will be on a projectionist on the Fox lot

Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune external link    Wed, Oct 29

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Afterwards, series creator Shawn Ryan, who wrote the finale, sat down with writers to discuss his creation. I asked if how mindful he was of "The Sopranos"' famously controversial finale when putting the final touches on his own show. ("The Sopranos" was airing its last episodes just as "T...

Rate DVD review: Mad Men: Season One

Original at A.V. Club external link    Tue, Jul 15

With The Sopranos and The Wire off the air, Matthew Weiner’s series on Madison Avenue in 1960 stands along as TV’s best drama.

Rate Crimespree Cinema: DVD Info: Super Sopranos set coming in November.

Original at Crimespree Cinema external link    Tue, Jun 24

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...

Rate Podcast: InterviewsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at GALACTICA SITREP external link    Fri, Mar 28

By ProgGrrl Sci Fi Pulse has “Part One” of video interviews from the Upfronts press conference. Sci Fi Channel UK has posted video interviews with Nicki Clyne on their web site (UK users only); here’s a shorter excerpt on their YouTube channel for the rest of us.

Rate The Sopranos Season 6 Part 2 (2007) DVD9 / NTSC Discs 01 to 04

Original at BitHQ.org external link    Fri, Jan 11

Amazon.com Completing the run of one of the most acclaimed television shows in broadcast history, season 6, part II of The Sopranos will be remembered mostly not for what happened during the season, but for what didn't happen at the very end. Creator David Chase pulled off a series ending th...

Year 2007

 

Rate Opinion: "Sopranos" Cast to Help Sick Friend

Original at The TV Zone external link    Tue, Dec 18

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And who from the old gang? Pretty much all the major players, with an exception here and there: James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Robert Iler and Michael Imperioli will show up at the club at 10 p.m. - you can see them all, sitting in the VIP area. Go up. Shake hands. Get autographs.

Rate Opinion: Sopranos take their final bow at the Emmys - First Post

Original at The First Post external link    Thu, Dec 13

The List Sopranos take their final bow at the Emmys First Post, UK - The Sopranos also won best director for Alan Taylor. "I don’t think we've had that much of an impact," said Chase modestly, when asked backstage how he ... Review of the year - TV The List all 2 news articles

Rate 411 Retro TV Review: The Sopranos – Episode 12

Original at 411mania.com external link    Mon, Dec 3

By Mike Gorman | 2007-12-04 00:00:00 Well it hits the fan this week folks…finally! This just might be the best episode of the season and all it took was a little family on family violence. Will Tony’s depression leave him at rock bottom or is it time for a phoenix to rise ...

Rate TV News Briefs for November 29, 2007

Original at TV Series Finale external link    Thu, Nov 29

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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,...

Rate Opinion: The Ending of The Sopranos: We Got Robbed

Original at Blogcritics external link    Fri, Jul 20

By Anthony Grande I have watched The Sopranos for the past couple of years. I spent about one hundred and fifty dollars buying the first four seasons so I could catch up with the new HBO episodes. Hell, I would not have even purchased and paid a monthly fee to have HBO if it was not for their showing of The Sopranos e...

Rate TV Review: The Sopranos - The End of the Family

Original at Blogcritics external link    Wed, Jun 13

By David Mazzotta It doesn’t matter, you see? Tony got whacked/Tony went on as before -- it doesn’t matter. That’s not what The Sopranos was about. Ever. David Chase has said time and time again that The Sopranos is about family. Now you add that to the recurring theme of the show -- criminal-level self-delusion...

Rate TV Review: The Sopranos: "Made in America" (6x21) - Blogcritics.org

Original at blogcritics.org external link    Mon, Jun 11

TV Review: The Sopranos: "Made in America" (6x21) Blogcritics.org, OH - What this episode brings home is the way that Tony Soprano is no different than you or I. We all buy into this myth of America, the shared past and the ...

Rate TV Review: The Sopranos: "Made in America" (6x21)

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, Jun 11

By Patrick To that end, almost all the long-running characters get a nice farewell. We see Janice becoming her mother, something that’s made literal in the great scene where Junior calls Janice Livia and her daughter, Janice. Janice already resents Bobby’s children and will likely be so overprotec...

Rate The Sopranos: The Top Ten Episodes

Original at Blogcritics external link    Thu, Jun 7

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By Patrick By way of summarizing The Sopranos, I’m going to go through my top ten episodes of the series. It’s a lot tougher to do that with The Sopranos than with a lot of others, say Buffy the Vampire Slayer or even Six Feet Under, since every episode is at such a consistently high level, and the show does...

Rate TV Review: The Sopranos - "The Blue Comet"

Original at Blogcritics external link    Thu, Jun 7

By Patrick On a thematic level, the episode integrates a lot of things that have been going on under the surface for a while. Phil says that he needs to take out Tony Soprano’s “glorified crew” because they don’t really believe in the mythology of the mafia. It is the ritual that makes them more than gangs...

Rate As 'Sopranos' end nears, so does Tony's

Original at Seattle Post Intelligencer external link    Mon, Jun 4

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.

Rate Re: Episode 85: Blue Comet - Review It!

Original at community.comcast.net external link    Mon, Jun 4

By Barbara53 I hope I don't start an uproar here but I have to say that I thought so much more of David Chase.  The Sopranos was one of my favorite television series of all time.  The other one was Six Feet Under.  Now although both series had their episodes of "**bleep**???" when Six Feet Under came to the fina...

Rate What iF Picks: 'THE SOPRANOS' SERIES FINALE HIGHLIGHTS THE WEEK IN ... - iFMagazine

Original at iFMagazine external link    Mon, Jun 4

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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 ...

Rate TV Review: The Sopranos: "The Second Coming" (6x19)

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, May 29

By Patrick Yet, the brilliance of the show is that we always understand why he does what he does, and are still able to remain sympathetic. I generally prefer characters who are fascinating to ones who are likable in traditional ways, characters like Spike or Magneto, and Tony is one of the greatest an...

Rate Opinion: Paul Krassner: The Sopranos Meet The Hippies

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, May 16

By Paul Krassner I usually watch The Sopranos at 9 p.m. on HBO, but this time I watched the East Coast feed at 6 p.m., so that I could also catch a two-hour documentary about hippies on The History Channel at 8 p.m. Paul Brownfield, one of the best TV critics around, wrote in his review of The Sopranos in the Los Angeles...

Rate TV Review: The Sopranos - "Soprano Home Movies"

Original at Blogcritics external link    Wed, Apr 11

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By Patrick The thing that frustrated me about the end of last season wasn't so much that nothing of significance happened with the plot, it was that not much changed for the characters. Even though the New York/New Jersey conflict has been in a perpetual loop, it never felt so teasing as at the end of las...

Rate Opinion: Ari Gold and Tony Soprano return, and we can't look away

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Thu, Apr 5

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By Tempo Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli) looks less and less committed to the life that Tony is leading. In the second episode, Christopher’s horror film, “Cleaver,” opens; that debut involves some satirical jabs at the entertainment industry that could have come straight from “E...

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