The Sopranos
The Sopranos was a U.S. television show that broadcast 86 episodes in seasonal blocks of 8-12 episodes on the cable service HBO from 1999 to 2007 about an Italian-American crime family in New Jersey. Primarily dramatically portraying the family life and criminal business enterprises of crime boss and suburban father Tony Soprano, extended sequences of comedy, fantasy, and ironic and stylized representations of violence frequently advanced the story. The show's popularity made it the most highly rated cable television program its entire final season, rivalling broadcast network television's numbers when it maintained an audience of about five million households its final season,[1] and three times that number when an episode's subsequent airings are included (Nielsen's "coverage" rating).
References
- ↑ Nielsen Media Research ratings at TVWeek.com, accessed June 14, 2007.