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From AJR,   November 2002

Singing Sopranos   

Headline writers can't refuse a crack at mob references

By Jill Rosen
Jill Rosen is AJR's assistant managing editor     


When the season premiere of HBO's mob drama "The Sopranos" drew audiences only the traditional networks are accustomed to, writers and editors, all secretly named Johnny Two Chins, found an opportunity they couldn't refuse:

Entertainment Weekly
Mob Rule
Tony Soprano made viewers an offer they couldn't refuse.

Washington Post
'The Sopranos' Blows Away the Competition
CBS won last week in the ratings, but all the talk was of HBO's Sunday "Soprano" numbers. Here's a look at the week's dons and jamooks:

New York's Daily News
Tony & his pals whack competition Sunday night
Sixteen months after their last episode, television's first family of organized crime stormed back Sunday night and broke a few network kneecaps.

Hollywood Reporter
HBO draws mob with 'Sopranos' season opener

Los Angeles Times
BADA BING!

Cleveland's Plain Dealer
'The Sopranos': still the mob hit

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
'Sopranos' kills the competition

CNN.com
'Sopranos' premiere whacks all competition

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