The Sopranos Is the Hottest Show of 2020
In the middle of a global pandemic, viewership for an HBO hit that ended 13 years ago shot through the roof. Andrew Unterberger unpacks why Tony and the gang have found new fans more than a decade later.
In the last month, ESPN’s documentary series The Last Dance, about Michael Jordan and the 1998 Chicago Bulls, has set viewership records and dominated the cultural conversation (it surely helps to have no other sports to talk about right now). But it's not the only show starring an ornery, megalomaniacal and larger-than-life figure and his colorful turn-of-the-millennium supporting cast that you probably can't seem to get away from if you're spending any (all) of your time on social media during social distancing.
The Sopranos, the James Gandolfini-starring crime family drama that took HBO to new heights of relevance and jump-started the Prestige TV era upon its 1999 debut, is “back,” and being binged by seemingly everyone. We're talking older fans on their sixth rewatch, as well as millennial and Gen Z fans immersing themselves in it for the first time — 27-year-old pop star Charli XCX mentioned in a recent interview that she was briefly pausing work on her new album to burn through three episodes — and just about everyone in between.
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