{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Tony Soprano Season","description":"Today The Sopranos is widely regarded as one of the best television shows of all time. In the late \u201890s and early 2000s we lived in an ocean of exceptional television\u2013dramas that dared to be unconventional, with troubled, complicated characters, and higher-than-ever writing and production quality. \u201cIt\u2019s not TV, it\u2019s HBO,\u201d the channel bragged. This was the beginning of prestige tv. But The Sopranos is only about organized crime on the surface. The pilot begins with Tony starting therapy because he\u2019s having panic attacks. Even though Tony\u2019s not completely sure therapy works, he keeps coming back because he\u2019s afraid no one else will take him\u2013or his pain\u2013seriously. And he\u2019s worried that, actually, none of it matters at all.  1999 FOREVER\u2019S theme song is \u201cIn the Freezer\u201d by Sophie Strauss To support 1999 FOREVER, you can subscribe, leave a rating and a review, and tell all your friends how much you like it. To see episode moodboards, behind-the-scenes photos, playlists and more, follow me on Instagram @dahliabalcazar. SOURCES: Brett Martin, Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution, 2014.  James Andrew Miller, Tinderbox: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers, 2021. Emily Nussbaum, I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution, 2020. Willy Staley, \u201cWhy Is Every Young Person in America Watching \u2018The Sopranos\u2019?\u201d, The New York Times Magazine, 2021. ","author_name":"1999 FOREVER","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/442833","html":"