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I vote The Sopranos best American TV show of all time, without a doubt. But only third best overall, restricting myself to the English speaking world. Top billing is the TV adaptation of "I, Claudius", unspeakably spellbinding and the best acting ever caught on television, and second to Dennis Potter's "The Singing Detective" - sublime. (Fourth place, for what it's worth, to "Brideshead Revisited".) These were all much shorted series than The Sopranos, so there is much merit to be found in it's sustained greatness over 6 series. The biggest factor in The Sopranos greatness arises from it's creator's complete and well-placed contempt for television itself (respect, Mr Chase), so we may never see it's quality again. He slipped it through, it was a one-off!
