The Sopranos

The Sopranos

The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...

, a television drama series created by David Chase

David Chase

David Chase is an American writer, director, and producer of television series. Chase has worked in television for more than 30 years; he has produced and written for shows as The Rockford Files, I'll Fly Away, and Northern Exposure. He has created two original series; the first, Almost Grown,...

, premiered on the premium television channel

Television channel

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 HBO in the United States

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 on January 10, 1999 and ended on June 10, 2007.
The series consists of a total of 86 episodes over six seasons; the episodes are approximately 50 minutes long each. The first five seasons each consist of thirteen episodes; the sixth season comprises twenty-one. HBO broadcast the sixth season in two parts: the first part ran from March to June 2006 and featured twelve episodes; the second part ran from April to June 2007 and included nine. HBO also released each part of the season as separate DVD boxsets, effectively turning the second part into a short seventh season, although this is not recognized by the show's producers or HBO. All six seasons are available on DVD

DVD

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 in Region

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s 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Unlike most broadcast

Broadcast network

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 and cable

Cable network

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 networks

Television network

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 that put their television program

Television program

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s on a four month hiatus

Hiatus (television)

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 between seasons, The Sopranos took longer hiatuses between seasons. Season four, for example, premiere

Season premiere

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d sixteen months after the third season finale

Season finale

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, and the sixth season returned almost two years after the end of season five.

The Sopranos stars James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini

James J. Gandolfini, Jr. is an Italian American actor. He is best known for his role as Tony Soprano in the HBO TV series The Sopranos, about a troubled crime boss struggling to balance his family life and career in the Mafia...

 as the Italian-American New Jersey

New Jersey

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-based mobster Tony Soprano

Tony Soprano

Anthony John "Tony" Soprano, Sr. is an Italian-American fictional character and the protagonist on the HBO television drama series The Sopranos, on which he is portrayed by James Gandolfini. The character was conceived by The Sopranos creator and show runner David Chase, who was also largely...

. Edie Falco

Edie Falco

Edith "Edie" Falco is an American television, film and stage actress, known for her roles in Oz as Diane Wittlesey, as Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos, and as the titular character on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie...

 plays his wife Carmela Soprano

Carmela Soprano

Carmela Soprano née DeAngelis, played by Edie Falco, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. She is the wife of Mafia boss Tony Soprano and the program's most prominent female character.-Character biography:...

, and Lorraine Bracco

Lorraine Bracco

Lorraine Bracco is an American actress. She is best known for her TV roles as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on HBO series, The Sopranos, and Angela Rizzoli on the TNT series, Rizzoli & Isles...

 as his psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Melfi. The continuing story arc

Story arc

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 of The Sopranos is of how Tony Soprano deals with the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization

Organized crime

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 he heads.

Series overview

Season			|Episodes		|Originally aired			|DVD release				|Blu-ray release Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
		Season premiere Season premiere In North America, a season premiere is the first episode of a new season of a given television show. It often airs in September or October, after several months of reruns.-Evaluating the changes:...			|Season finale Season finale A season finale is the final episode of a season of a television program...		|Region 1 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...		|Region 2 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...		|Region 4 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...		|Region A Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...		|Region B Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
	1	13
	2	13
	3	13
	4	13
	5	13
	6 (Part 1)	12
	6 (Part 2)	9

Episode list

• The first column refers to the episode's number in the overall series.
• The second column refers to the episode's number in that particular season.

Season 1 (1999)

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Season 2 (2000)

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Season 3 (2001)

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Season 4 (2002)

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Season 5 (2004)

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Season 6 (2006–2007)

Part 1
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Part 2