This letter is associated with the following article:
Letters
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.
By Rebecca Traister and Laura Miller

Read other letters about this article

  • Saturday, September 15, 2007 06:08 PM

    Re: They're both shows about violence

    True. But one fantasizes about it, while the other forces us to recognize the reality of it.

    My personal top-choice overall is West Wing, but of course my age has denied me the pleasure of chance encounter with many of the other shows mentioned here.

    —Ktwdawg Read Ktwdawg's other letters

    Flag
Read other letters about this article

Most Active Letters Threads

359

A key British official reminds us of the forgotten anthrax attack

A vast array of establishment and expert sources do not believe this episode was really resolved.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
323

Tough-guy John Bolton, hiding under his bed

As usual, right-wing pseudo-warriors are drowning in extreme cowardice.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
179

Is Obama's civil liberties record understandable?

Was it unreasonable to expect him to adhere to his commitments regarding the Constitution?
Glenn Greenwald Read article
154

Phil Carter's resignation from key detainee policy post

Many of the "War on Terror" policies he spent years condemning were ones expressly embraced by Obama.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
99

Palin, Prejean: Beastly treatment for beauties

The governor turned author must fight what the pageant queen learned: Politics and hotness make strange bedfellows
By Gene Lyons Read article

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon