Rolling Stone has unveiled the list of 100
Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and The
Sopranos earns the number one spot on the coveted list.
The magazine analyzed the show by labeling it an "undisputed
champion" due to its "86 medium-transforming episodes."
Though there was some razor-sharp competition with other
global-hit shows, journalist Alan Sepinwall marveled at the show's
groundbreaking storytelling that managed to 'torch every written and unwritten
rule that TV storytelling had been governed by since the days of Gunsmoke.
Simplicity and holding the audience's hand were out, and narrative
and moral complexity were in, all the way through a final edit that we still
can't stop," the journalist added.
After the HBO show, it follows with The
Simpsons, Breaking Bad, and The Wire placing two, third and fourth,
respectively.
The crime drama, which aired in 1999, follows the story of Italian
American mobster Tony Soprano, played by James Gandolfini.
The series underlines the gulf between Tony's mobster and his
family life, which he wants to balance.
The Sopranos span
for full six seasons and finished in June 2007, garnering nearly 11.9 million
viewers on its finale.
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