Back in 2003, The Sopranos was at the height of its popularity, cementing its reputation as the best show on television and paving the way for the "prestige drama" genre to take off. HBO became the incubator for this new breed of television, creating critically-acclaimed shows like Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, and The Wire, that would go on to inspire multi-layered character dramas on other networks — shows like Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and dozens of others that continue to premiere every season.
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