Now, the show's creator, David Chase, warns that the golden age of TV — that has seen series such as "The Wire" and "Breaking Bad" — may be over as smart shows face an existential threat.
Advertisement"We're going back to where I was," Chase told The Times.
As he was working on a script with screenwriter Hanna Fiddell about a prostitute forced into witness protection, Chase told The Times that he was told "the unfortunate truth" that the script was too complicated.
Chase and Brad Grey, who was the show's producer at the time, pitched "The Sopranos" to several networks, including Fox.
I knew what network television is like, and this didn't have that feeling," Chase told Vanity Fair.
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—, David Chase, Chase, Hanna Fiddell, Brad Grey
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Service, HBO, Business, The Times, Times, Globe, Fox
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Hollywood