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Saturday, September 15, 2007 12:00 AM

The best TV show of all time

"The Sopranos" vs."The Wire": Two Salon critics duke it out over which series is the greatest ever.

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  • Sunday, September 16, 2007 01:25 PM

    Kind of a pointless argument . . .

    . . . but I like it. "The Wire" is in most ways "better," but I "The Sopranos" offered a sort of delirious pleasure few could match. By the way, considering he was an actor on "The Sopranos," had a zillion hits going back nearly 45 years, both with the Four Seasons and under his own name - not to mention a European remake hit this year - you think you could do Frankie Valli the favor of spelling his name correctly.

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