50 Facts About The Sopranos

The Sopranos is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase.

The Sopranos was produced by HBO, Chase Films, and Brad Grey Television.

The Sopranos is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential television series of all time.

The Sopranos had been employed as a staff writer or producer for several television series, including Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Switch, The Rockford Files, I'll Fly Away, and Northern Exposure.

The Sopranos had co-created the short-lived original series Almost Grown in 1988.

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The Sopranos made his television directorial debut in 1986 with the "Enough Rope for Two" episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

The Sopranos directed episodes of Almost Grown and I'll Fly Away in 1988 and 1992, respectively.

The Sopranos served as showrunner for I'll Fly Away and Northern Exposure in the 1990s.

Story of The Sopranos was initially conceived as a feature film about "a mobster in therapy having problems with his mother".

The Sopranos signed a development deal in 1995 with production company Brillstein-Grey and wrote the original pilot script.

The Sopranos drew heavily from his personal life and his experiences growing up in New Jersey, and has stated that he tried to apply his own "family dynamic to mobsters".

The Sopranos was in psychotherapy at the time and modeled the character of Jennifer Melfi after his own psychiatrist.

The Sopranos was raised on classic gangster films such as The Public Enemy and the crime series The Untouchables.

The Sopranos has mentioned American playwrights Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams as influences on the show's writing, and Italian director Federico Fellini as an important influence on the show's cinematic style.

The Sopranos's got all the responsibilities that go along with that.

The Sopranos's got an overbearing mom that he's still trying to get out from under.

The Sopranos's got two teenage kids, and he's dealing with the realities of what that is.

Many of the actors on The Sopranos are Italian American, like the characters they portray, and many appeared together in films and television series before joining the cast of The Sopranos.

The Sopranos's took the role of Dr Jennifer Melfi instead because she wanted to try something different and felt that the part of the highly educated Dr Melfi would be more of a challenge for her.

The Sopranos auditioned for the role of Tony Soprano, but HBO felt that the role should go to an experienced actor, so Chase wrote a new part for him.

The Sopranos was deeply involved with the general production of every episode and is noted for being a very controlling, demanding, and specific producer.

The Sopranos wrote or co-wrote between two and seven episodes per season and would oversee all the editing, consult with episode directors, give actors character motivation, approve casting choices and set designs, and do extensive but uncredited rewrites of episodes written by others.

Many members of the creative team behind The Sopranos were handpicked by Chase, some being old friends and colleagues of his; others were selected after interviews conducted by producers of the show.

The Sopranos practiced law for two years before deciding to pursue a career as a screenwriter, and he caught the attention of Chase through writer Frank Renzulli.

The Sopranos wrote a script for the series Mad Men in 2000 which was passed on to Chase, who was so impressed that he immediately offered Weiner a job as a writer for The Sopranos.

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The Sopranos is noted for its eclectic music selections and has received considerable critical attention for its effective use of previously recorded songs.

The Sopranos feels his authority is perpetually undermined by Tony's greater influence in the organization, and barely contains his seething jealousy at having to watch both his younger brother and now Tony leapfrog him in the organization.

The Sopranos's later goes into "business" for herself, and quite successfully.

The Sopranos manages to search Pussy's bedroom under false pretenses and discovers damning evidence.

The Sopranos seeks permission from boss Carmine Lupertazzi to have Ralph clipped, but is denied.

The Sopranos's gets an apartment with some roommates and starts dating again.

The Sopranos considers it, even after managing to reach an agreement with Carmine, but he later becomes suspicious of Johnny's intentions and turns him down.

The Sopranos initially begins to take courses to earn a degree in massage therapy and aspires to open up a massage parlor.

The Sopranos asks Tony to allow him to return to work, making a case that he could bring in a lot of money in Atlantic City.

The Sopranos is then seriously injured in a car accident while driving under the influence of narcotics.

The Sopranos later tries to justify his actions by bringing up the infant car seat that was impaled by a branch in the accident, implying that Christopher was a danger to his daughter.

The Sopranos was a major ratings success, despite being aired on premium cable network HBO, which is available in significantly fewer American homes than regular networks.

The Sopranos has been hailed by many critics as the greatest and most groundbreaking television series of all time.

The Sopranos is credited for creating a new era in the mafia genre deviating from the traditional dramatized image of the gangster in favor of a simpler, more accurate reflection of ordinary day-to-day mob life in a suburb.

New Yorker editor David Remnick described The Sopranos as mirroring the "mindless commerce and consumption" of modern America.

The Sopranos has been called "perhaps the greatest pop-culture masterpiece of its day" by Vanity Fair contributor Peter Biskind.

In numbered lists over the best television programs, The Sopranos frequently ranked first or second, almost always competing with The Wire.

The Sopranos won and was nominated for many awards throughout its original broadcast.

The Sopranos won American Film Institute's Drama Series of the Year Award in 2001.

The Sopranos won at least one Emmy Award for acting in every eligible year except 2006 and 2007.

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In 1999 and 2000, The Sopranos earned two consecutive George Foster Peabody Awards.

The Sopranos had a significant effect on the shape of the American television industry.

The Sopranos ushered in Six Feet Under, The Shield, Rescue Me, and Big Love.

Actors from The Sopranos have reprised their roles, or at the very least parodied their roles, in various other media.

All six The Sopranos seasons were released as DVD box sets, with the sixth season released in two parts.