The Sopranos is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The series follows Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), an Italian-American mobster, as he struggles with various personal and professional obstacles. It also explores Tony's relationships with members of his biological and criminal families, most notably his wife Carmela (Edie Falco) and his protégé, Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli). The show begins when Tony begins therapy with Dr. Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco) after suffering a panic attack.
The series premiered on January 10, 1999, on HBO and concluded on June 10, 2007.[2] Broadcast syndication followed in the United States and internationally.[3] The first five seasons of the series each consisted of 13 episodes, while the final season consisted of twenty-one episodes aired in two parts. Unlike most American shows at the time, which typically took a four-month hiatus between seasons, The Sopranos took longer hiatuses between its seasons.[4][5] Season four, for example, premiered 16 months after the third season finale, and the sixth season returned almost two years after the end of season five.[6][7] Episodes were broadcast on Sundays at 9:00 pm Eastern Time with an average length of 55 minutes per episode.[8][9] All six seasons are available on DVD and Blu-ray, with the sixth season being sold in two parts.[10][11] During the course of the series, 86 episodes of The Sopranos aired over six seasons.[12]
The series was released to widespread critical acclaim and received numerous accolades. It is often credited with ushering in the Second Golden Age of Television and is considered among the most influential series ever.[13] Since its conclusion, The Sopranos has been cited by some as the greatest television series of all time, with TV Guide and Rolling Stone naming it the best series of all time in 2013 and 2022 respectively.[14][15]
Series overview
editEpisodes
editSeason 1 (1999)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Sopranos" | David Chase | David Chase | January 10, 1999 | 3.45[16] |
| 2 | 2 | "46 Long" | Dan Attias | David Chase | January 17, 1999 | N/A |
| 3 | 3 | "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" | Nick Gomez | Mark Saraceni | January 24, 1999 | N/A |
| 4 | 4 | "Meadowlands" | John Patterson | Jason Cahill | January 31, 1999 | N/A |
| 5 | 5 | "College" | Allen Coulter | James Manos Jr. and David Chase | February 7, 1999 | N/A |
| 6 | 6 | "Pax Soprana" | Alan Taylor | Frank Renzulli | February 14, 1999 | N/A |
| 7 | 7 | "Down Neck" | Lorraine Senna | Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | February 21, 1999 | N/A |
| 8 | 8 | "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" | Tim Van Patten | Frank Renzulli and David Chase | February 28, 1999 | N/A |
| 9 | 9 | "Boca" | Andy Wolk | Jason Cahill and Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | March 7, 1999 | N/A |
| 10 | 10 | "A Hit Is a Hit" | Matthew Penn | Joe Bosso and Frank Renzulli | March 14, 1999 | N/A |
| 11 | 11 | "Nobody Knows Anything" | Henry J. Bronchtein | Frank Renzulli | March 21, 1999 | N/A |
| 12 | 12 | "Isabella" | Allen Coulter | Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | March 28, 1999 | 4.19[17] |
| 13 | 13 | "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano" | John Patterson | David Chase | April 4, 1999 | 5.22[16] |
Season 2 (2000)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." | Allen Coulter | Jason Cahill | January 16, 2000 | 7.64[16] |
| 15 | 2 | "Do Not Resuscitate" | Martin Bruestle | Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess and Frank Renzulli | January 23, 2000 | 5.33[18] |
| 16 | 3 | "Toodle-Fucking-Oo" | Lee Tamahori | Frank Renzulli | January 30, 2000 | 5.60[19] |
| 17 | 4 | "Commendatori" | Tim Van Patten | David Chase | February 6, 2000 | 7.16[20] |
| 18 | 5 | "Big Girls Don't Cry" | Tim Van Patten | Terence Winter | February 13, 2000 | 5.34[21] |
| 19 | 6 | "The Happy Wanderer" | John Patterson | Frank Renzulli | February 20, 2000 | 5.83[22] |
| 20 | 7 | "D-Girl" | Allen Coulter | Todd A. Kessler | February 27, 2000 | 6.66[23] |
| 21 | 8 | "Full Leather Jacket" | Allen Coulter | Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | March 5, 2000 | 6.29[24] |
| 22 | 9 | "From Where to Eternity" | Henry J. Bronchtein | Michael Imperioli | March 12, 2000 | 7.18[25] |
| 23 | 10 | "Bust Out" | John Patterson | Frank Renzulli and Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | March 19, 2000 | 7.62[26] |
| 24 | 11 | "House Arrest" | Tim Van Patten | Terence Winter | March 26, 2000 | 5.51[27] |
| 25 | 12 | "The Knight in White Satin Armor" | Allen Coulter | Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | April 2, 2000 | 5.44[28] |
| 26 | 13 | "Funhouse" | John Patterson | David Chase and Todd A. Kessler | April 9, 2000 | 8.97[16] |
Season 3 (2001)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" | Allen Coulter | David Chase | March 4, 2001 | 11.26[29] |
| 28 | 2 | "Proshai, Livushka" | Tim Van Patten | David Chase | March 4, 2001 | 11.35[30] |
| 29 | 3 | "Fortunate Son" | Henry J. Bronchtein | Todd A. Kessler | March 11, 2001 | 8.37[31] |
| 30 | 4 | "Employee of the Month" | John Patterson | Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | March 18, 2001 | 7.96[32] |
| 31 | 5 | "Another Toothpick" | Jack Bender | Terence Winter | March 25, 2001 | 7.40[33] |
| 32 | 6 | "University" | Allen Coulter | Story by : David Chase & Terence Winter & Todd A. Kessler and Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess Teleplay by : Terence Winter and Salvatore J. Stabile | April 1, 2001 | 8.44[34] |
| 33 | 7 | "Second Opinion" | Tim Van Patten | Lawrence Konner | April 8, 2001 | 9.21[35] |
| 34 | 8 | "He Is Risen" | Allen Coulter | Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess and Todd A. Kessler | April 15, 2001 | 8.60[36] |
| 35 | 9 | "The Telltale Moozadell" | Dan Attias | Michael Imperioli | April 22, 2001 | 8.64[37] |
| 36 | 10 | "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" | Jack Bender | Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | April 29, 2001 | 8.44[38] |
| 37 | 11 | "Pine Barrens" | Steve Buscemi | Story by : Tim Van Patten & Terence Winter Teleplay by : Terence Winter | May 6, 2001 | 8.79[39] |
| 38 | 12 | "Amour Fou" | Tim Van Patten | Story by : David Chase Teleplay by : Frank Renzulli | May 13, 2001 | 5.81[40][a] |
| 39 | 13 | "Army of One" | John Patterson | David Chase & Lawrence Konner | May 20, 2001 | 9.46[41] |
- Notes
- ^ Denotes individual program numbers were not available so household viewers are listed instead.
Season 4 (2002)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 | "For All Debts Public and Private" | Allen Coulter | David Chase | September 15, 2002 | 13.43[42] |
| 41 | 2 | "No Show" | John Patterson | Terence Winter and David Chase | September 22, 2002 | 11.21[43] |
| 42 | 3 | "Christopher" | Tim Van Patten | Story by : Michael Imperioli and Maria Laurino Teleplay by : Michael Imperioli | September 29, 2002 | 10.97[44] |
| 43 | 4 | "The Weight" | Jack Bender | Terence Winter | October 6, 2002 | 10.67[45] |
| 44 | 5 | "Pie-O-My" | Henry J. Bronchtein | Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | October 13, 2002 | 9.76[46] |
| 45 | 6 | "Everybody Hurts" | Steve Buscemi | Michael Imperioli | October 20, 2002 | 10.46[47] |
| 46 | 7 | "Watching Too Much Television" | John Patterson | Story by : David Chase & Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess & Terence Winter Teleplay by : Terence Winter and Nick Santora | October 27, 2002 | 9.72[48] |
| 47 | 8 | "Mergers and Acquisitions" | Dan Attias | Story by : David Chase & Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess & Terence Winter Teleplay by : Lawrence Konner | November 3, 2002 | 10.97[49] |
| 48 | 9 | "Whoever Did This" | Tim Van Patten | Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | November 10, 2002 | 9.83[50] |
| 49 | 10 | "The Strong, Silent Type" | Alan Taylor | Story by : David Chase Teleplay by : Terence Winter and Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | November 17, 2002 | 10.68[51] |
| 50 | 11 | "Calling All Cars" | Tim Van Patten | Story by : David Chase & Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess & Terence Winter Teleplay by : David Chase & Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess and David Flebotte | November 24, 2002 | 11.12[52] |
| 51 | 12 | "Eloise" | James Hayman | Terence Winter | December 1, 2002 | 11.07[53] |
| 52 | 13 | "Whitecaps" | John Patterson | Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess and David Chase | December 8, 2002 | 12.48[54] |
Season 5 (2004)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | "Two Tonys" | Tim Van Patten | Terence Winter and David Chase | March 7, 2004 | 12.14[55] |
| 54 | 2 | "Rat Pack" | Alan Taylor | Matthew Weiner | March 14, 2004 | 9.97[56] |
| 55 | 3 | "Where's Johnny?" | John Patterson | Michael Caleo | March 21, 2004 | 10.11[57] |
| 56 | 4 | "All Happy Families..." | Rodrigo García | Toni Kalem | March 28, 2004 | 9.69[58] |
| 57 | 5 | "Irregular Around the Margins" | Allen Coulter | Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | April 4, 2004 | 9.75[59] |
| 58 | 6 | "Sentimental Education" | Peter Bogdanovich | Matthew Weiner | April 11, 2004 | 9.93[60] |
| 59 | 7 | "In Camelot" | Steve Buscemi | Terence Winter | April 18, 2004 | 9.08[61] |
| 60 | 8 | "Marco Polo" | John Patterson | Michael Imperioli | April 25, 2004 | 9.99[62] |
| 61 | 9 | "Unidentified Black Males" | Tim Van Patten | Matthew Weiner and Terence Winter | May 2, 2004 | 8.96[63] |
| 62 | 10 | "Cold Cuts" | Mike Figgis | Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | May 9, 2004 | 8.48[64] |
| 63 | 11 | "The Test Dream" | Allen Coulter | David Chase and Matthew Weiner | May 16, 2004 | 8.81[65] |
| 64 | 12 | "Long Term Parking" | Tim Van Patten | Terence Winter | May 23, 2004 | 9.53[66] |
| 65 | 13 | "All Due Respect" | John Patterson | David Chase and Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | June 6, 2004 | 10.98[67] |
Season 6 (2006–07)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part I | ||||||||||||
| 66 | 1 | "Members Only" | Tim Van Patten | Terence Winter | March 12, 2006 | 9.47[68] | ||||||
| 67 | 2 | "Join the Club" | David Nutter | David Chase | March 19, 2006 | 9.18[69] | ||||||
| 68 | 3 | "Mayham" | Jack Bender | Matthew Weiner | March 26, 2006 | 8.93[69] | ||||||
| 69 | 4 | "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" | Alan Taylor | Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider | April 2, 2006 | 8.83[69] | ||||||
| 70 | 5 | "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." | Steve Buscemi | Terence Winter | April 9, 2006 | 8.58[70] | ||||||
| 71 | 6 | "Live Free or Die" | Tim Van Patten | David Chase & Terence Winter and Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess | April 16, 2006 | 7.94[71] | ||||||
| 72 | 7 | "Luxury Lounge" | Danny Leiner | Matthew Weiner | April 23, 2006 | 8.49[72] | ||||||
| 73 | 8 | "Johnny Cakes" | Tim Van Patten | Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider | April 30, 2006 | 8.54[73] | ||||||
| 74 | 9 | "The Ride" | Alan Taylor | Terence Winter | May 7, 2006 | 8.49[74] | ||||||
| 75 | 10 | "Moe n' Joe" | Steve Shill | Matthew Weiner | May 14, 2006 | 8.13[75] | ||||||
| 76 | 11 | "Cold Stones" | Tim Van Patten | Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider and David Chase | May 21, 2006 | 8.18[76] | ||||||
| 77 | 12 | "Kaisha" | Alan Taylor | Terence Winter and David Chase & Matthew Weiner | June 4, 2006 | 8.91[77] | ||||||
| Part II | ||||||||||||
| 78 | 13 | "Soprano Home Movies" | Tim Van Patten | Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider and David Chase & Matthew Weiner | April 8, 2007 | 7.66[78] | ||||||
| 79 | 14 | "Stage 5" | Alan Taylor | Terence Winter | April 15, 2007 | 7.42[79] | ||||||
| 80 | 15 | "Remember When" | Phil Abraham | Terence Winter | April 22, 2007 | 6.85[78] | ||||||
| 81 | 16 | "Chasing It" | Tim Van Patten | Matthew Weiner | April 29, 2007 | 6.76[80] | ||||||
| 82 | 17 | "Walk Like a Man" | Terence Winter | Terence Winter | May 6, 2007 | 7.16[81] | ||||||
| 83 | 18 | "Kennedy and Heidi" | Alan Taylor | Matthew Weiner and David Chase | May 13, 2007 | 6.49[82] | ||||||
| 84 | 19 | "The Second Coming" | Tim Van Patten | Terence Winter | May 20, 2007 | 7.34[83] | ||||||
| 85 | 20 | "The Blue Comet" | Alan Taylor | David Chase and Matthew Weiner | June 3, 2007 | 8.02[84] | ||||||
| 86 | 21 | "Made in America" | David Chase | David Chase | June 10, 2007 | 11.90[85] | ||||||
Ratings
editThe Sopranos : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)
Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research[86][87][88]
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Season | Episode number | Average | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 1 | 3.45 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4.19 | 5.22 | 3.46 | |
| 2 | 7.64 | 5.33 | 5.60 | 7.16 | 5.34 | 5.83 | 6.66 | 6.29 | 7.18 | 7.62 | 5.51 | 5.44 | 8.97 | 6.62 | |
| 3 | 11.26 | 11.35 | 8.37 | 7.96 | 7.40 | 8.44 | 9.21 | 8.60 | 8.64 | 8.44 | 8.79 | N/A | 9.46 | 8.87 | |
| 4 | 13.43 | 11.21 | 10.97 | 10.67 | 9.76 | 10.46 | 9.72 | 10.97 | 9.83 | 10.68 | 11.12 | 11.07 | 12.48 | 10.99 | |
| 5 | 12.14 | 9.97 | 10.11 | 9.69 | 9.75 | 9.93 | 9.08 | 9.99 | 8.96 | 8.48 | 8.81 | 9.53 | 10.98 | 9.80 | |
| 6A | 9.47 | 9.18 | 8.93 | 8.83 | 8.58 | 7.94 | 8.49 | 8.54 | 8.49 | 8.13 | 8.18 | 8.91 | – | 8.64 | |
| 6B | 7.66 | 7.42 | 6.85 | 6.76 | 7.16 | 6.49 | 7.34 | 8.02 | 11.90 | – | 7.73 | ||||
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