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Actors Tony Sirico, Steven Van Zandt and James Gandolfini in a publicity still for the HBO TV series The Sopranos. (Anthony Neste/Getty Images)

"Wise Guy" director on "Sopranos" legacy

D. Watkins
Tony Sirico, Steven Van Zandt, James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli & Vincent Pastore in a publicity still for TV series 'The Sopranos', circa 1999. (Anthony Neste/Getty Images)

"Wise Guy" is therapy, "Sopranos" style

Melanie McFarland
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti and Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva star in HBO's hit television series, "The Sopranos" (Year 3). (Photo by HBO/Getty Images)

How "The Sopranos" elevated the mob wife

Nardos Haile
Michael Gandolfini as teenage Tony Soprano and Alessandro Nivola as Dickie Moltisanti in "The Many Saints of Newark" (Warner Bros./HBO Max)

HBO Max's "The Many Saints of Newark"

Anthony Palomba - The Conversation
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Series Star James Gandolfini in "The Sopranos," HBO's Hit Series About A Modern-Day Mob Boss Caught Between Responsibilities To His Family And His 'Family' (Getty Images)

"Sopranos" prequel "Newark" coming, 2020

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Series Star James Gandolfini in "The Sopranos," HBO's Hit Series About A Modern-Day Mob Boss Caught Between Responsibilities To His Family And His 'Family' (Getty Images)

Chase changed his mind on "Sopranos" end

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Series Star James Gandolfini in "The Sopranos," HBO's Hit Series About A Modern-Day Mob Boss Caught Between Responsibilities To His Family And His 'Family' (Getty Images)

Young Tony will be in "Sopranos" prequel

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
A still from Krzysztof Kieslowski's TV series "Dekalog" (Janus Films)

How "Dekalog" changed TV

Andrew O'Hehir
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James Gandolfini, Edie Falco and Robert Iler in the series finale of "The Sopranos" (HBO/Will Hart)

"The Sopranos" haunts us still

Jacob Sugarman
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David Chase on "Sopranos" end

Anna Silman
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in "The Sopranos" (HBO/Salon)

Frank Bascombe is Tony Soprano

Lydia Kiesling
James Gandolfini, Edie Falco and Robert Iler in the series finale of "The Sopranos" (HBO/Will Hart)

Miles Klee - The Daily Dot
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A scene from the final episode of "The Sopranos" (Will Hart/HBO)

Daniel D'Addario

Cable TV to the rescue!

Scott Timberg
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano from "The Sopranos", Bryan Cranston as Walter White from "Breaking Bad." (HBO/AMC)

Aaron Gell
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Prachi Gupta
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James Gandolfini

Gandolfini: "The best is over"

Heather Havrilesky
(AP/Victoria Will)

"The Sopranos" ruined me!

Andrew O'Hehir
On the set of "The Sopranos" (Wikimedia)

Jake Coyle
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Jake Coyle
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"Louie" killed the movies

Andrew O'Hehir
Bryan Cranston in "Breaking Bad."

"Breaking Bad": The Dark Cable Drama falters

Heather Havrilesky

No. 1: Charlie Kaufman & David Chase

Matt Zoller Seitz
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