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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.
By Rebecca Traister and Laura Miller

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  • Saturday, September 15, 2007 05:24 AM

    The Wire

    I'm a sociologist, and I'm just blown away by The Wire. I like the Sopranos, but there is no comparison in terms of capturing the complexities of social structure, social class, race, and power. (In fact, the next time I pitch a of Sociology of X course to my academic overlords, it will be the Sociology of The Wire.)

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