How Tony Soprano Changed Television
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There was a time when a movie actor could not take a TV job without it seeming like an admission of failure. James Gandolfini changed all that.
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The Sopranos: The Show That Changed Television - LIFE
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Many Saints of Newark' is a solid episode of 'The Sopranos
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Review: 'Difficult Men' and 'Revolution Was Televised' recount birth of TV's third golden age
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The Sopranos: The Groundbreaking Series that Changed Television Forever, by Shamarie Knight, Jan, 2024
How The Sopranos Changed Television
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The Sopranos - TV - The New York Times
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How The Sopranos Changed TV. For all of its monumental symbolism…, by Lawrence Bury
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The Sopranos: The Show That Changed Television - LIFE
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The only scene HBO asked David Chase to change in The Sopranos
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Seinfeld: how a sitcom 'about nothing' changed television for good