The Sopranos

'True Blood' premiere sucks in millions of fans

source: Chicago Tribune

 United States That makes the episode HBO's most-watched program since the finale of "The Sopranos." Altogether, the premiere delivered the network's single biggest audience since the mob drama's 2007 ending, which drew 11.9 million and still ranks as its ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

Sopranos Episode Featuring Bowdoin Named Among TV Guide's Best

source: Bowdoin

 ME In its first season, the hit HBO series The Sopranos wove Bowdoin into an ongoing storyline that dealt with Meadow Soprano's search for the perfect college. TV Guide has compiled a list of the greatest episodes of all time and ranked "College," the ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

Quick Takes

source: Los Angeles Times

New York Times  CA An estimated 3.7 million viewers tuned into the second season premiere of HBO's "True Blood" Sunday, and an additional 1.4 million watched the 11 pm encore. That makes the episode HBO's most-watched program since the finale of "The Sopranos" in 2007, ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

What's Your Problem?

source: Atlantic Online

Your question reminds me, as I'm sure it does you, of an early Sopranos episode (The Sopranos was a sensation among southern Episcopal clergy). As you'll recall, Tony decides to burn down a friend's restaurant to stop it from becoming the scene of a ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

June 10: Canada, Italy included in WWII

source: Examiner.com

2007: The final episode of The Sopranos airs on HBO. A train crash occurred on June 10, 1894 when a train left Portland, Maine at 1:30pm and was derailed just before reaching the Biddeford train station. A defective switch point caused the crash but no ...

Published Thu, Jun 11

Emmy Roundtable: Showrunners

source: Hollywood Reporter

 United States When I was working on "The Sopranos," Episode 5 was the "College" episode, the one where you realize, "Wow, Tony isn't just a kingpin, he actually kills people." In "Mad Men," it was the episode where Don Draper's (Jon Hamm) mysterious brother comes ...

Published Tue, Jun 9

TV's Antihero Era Enters Its Second Decade

source: A.V. Club

And of course it's hard to see Falco and not think of Carmela Soprano, the morally compromised New Jersey mob housewife she played for over eight years on the landmark HBO series The Sopranos. I quite liked the first episode of Nurse Jackie, ... Meet Nurse Jackie Examiner.com

Published Tue, Jun 9

Other Shows : Season 63 : Episode 1 The 63rd Tony Awards

source: A.V. Club

Incidentally, when the Tonys aired two years ago, it was up against the final episode of The Sopranos, in which Gandolfini played a character named Tony. Coincidence?) Here's where my love affair with The Tonys begins to break down a little, ...

Published Sun, Jun 7