Christopher Bray

How The Sopranos changed TV for ever

Peter Biskind describes how a once despised medium became the definitive narrative art form of the early 21st century. But has it now passed its peak?

Members of The Sopranos cast in 1998. [Getty Images] 
issue 20 January 2024

  • Pandora’s Box: The Greed, Lust and Lies that Broke Television

    Peter Biskind

    Allen Lane, pp. 383, £25

  • Remotely: Travel in the Binge of TV

    David Thomson

    Yale, pp. 270, £20

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