1. The Sopranos (1999-2007)
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When it first aired, some critics dismissed it as just another mob drama. But its creator, David Chase, completely change the conventions and cliches of the gangster epic. The Sopranos were just a tragicomic family reigning over the suburbs of New Jersey.
It was a world populated by petty people, and its protagonist was both a ferocious don and a man tortured by panic attacks and cowed by his even more ferocious mother. The Sopranos transformed the TV into a medium where intelligence, experimentation and depth were treasured.
For anyone currently making TV, the show stands as something to aspire to.
Here there were the 10 best TV shows. Let’s hope that next years will give us some amazing series like these ones!