The Sopranos
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Often named among the best TV dramas, praised for its complex lead character and its ending. People mostly recommend it for its quality rather than for any single feature.
Often named among the best TV dramas, praised for its complex lead character and its ending. People mostly recommend it for its quality rather than for any single feature.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 93%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 13 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Ranked among the best TV shows
“It's up there with the Sopranos and the Wire as one of the best TV shows in my lifetime”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Disney Raising Prices Days After Confirming Ads Will Now Show Up on Every Tier” “HBO has a veritable treasure trove of TV shows like The Sopranos, The Wire”
Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “Warner Bros Begins Exclusive Deal Talks With Netflix” “True Detective, The Wire, Sopranos”
Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “Warner Bros Begins Exclusive Deal Talks With Netflix” Easy to own on disc
“you can find disc versions of The Wire, Mad Men, The Sopranos etc.”
Comment from 25 Sep 2026 in “I'm tired of being on the network” “Recently, The Sopranos went on sale for $29.99, or $0.38/hour.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Disney Raising Prices Days After Confirming Ads Will Now Show Up on Every Tier”
Other TV series people recommend
The four most recommended other TV series, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halt and Catch Fire | 166 | 20 | 89% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Babylon 5 | 86 | 21 | 80% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Silicon Valley (TV series) | 52 | 1 | 98% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Andor | 52 | 5 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| The SopranosThis page | 13 | 1 | 93% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
12 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Recently, The Sopranos went on sale for $29.99, or $0.38/hour.”
“It's up there with the Sopranos and the Wire as one of the best TV shows in my lifetime”
“Sopranos is about the same, but a bit better”
“you can find disc versions of The Wire, Mad Men, The Sopranos etc.”
“begun with series like "The Sopranos" and climaxing”
“I hated the episode of The Sopranos which has an extremely long dream sequence.”
“Tony Soprano is a monster, but he also has charisma and glamour.”
“Makes me respect David Chase and how The Sopranos ended all that much more.”
“HBO has a veritable treasure trove of TV shows like The Sopranos, The Wire”
“True Detective, The Wire, Sopranos”
“it's not exactly hard to keep them around on a hard drive somewhere”
“watching great television - Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Larry Sanders Show, Homicide: Life on the Street - one episode per week is vastly superior to binge-watching it”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.