Which is the greater televison series of Deadwood, The Sopranos and The Wire?
The House Next Door hosts a roundtable audio discussion of this question featuring Andrew Johnston (Time Out New York), Alan Sepinwall (The Star-Ledger, What’s Alan Watching) and Matt Zoller Seitz (The New York Times). Needless to say there be spoilers there.
My personal pick would be The Wire as I think Deadwood never got the resolution I felt was necessary it deserved a fourth season and though I think The Sopranos was a fine show it stopped being a must see show around about the fourth season.
They touch upon the effect that starring in such shows will have upon the actors in them and it occurred to me with some dismay that these shows are probably going to be the best thing that they will ever work on. The more seasoned actors like Ian McShane will be able to appreciate this I think but it will be a bit of a comedown for the younger actors for whom this might have been there first big job.
Tags: Deadwood, The Sopranos, The Wire, TV
