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Nolte: ‘Sopranos’ Creator David Chase Says TV’s Golden Age Is Dead
Breitbart ^ | 01/15/2024 | John Binder

Posted on 01/15/2024 12:18:18 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Sopranos creator David Chase is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his iconic show’s premier and lamenting the death of television’s exquisite Golden Age.

In an interview with the Sunday Times, the 78-year-old who changed television, but sadly not forever, said, “Yes, this is the 25th anniversary, so of course it’s a celebration. But perhaps we shouldn’t look at it like that. Maybe we should look at it like a funeral.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Music/Entertainment; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: chase; entertainment; goldenage; hollywood; silverage; sopranos; tv; wrongtopics; yawn
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Can you even do a show like The sopranos these days?
1 posted on 01/15/2024 12:18:18 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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The golden age of tv died in 1986 when they cancelled Hardcastle and McCormick


2 posted on 01/15/2024 12:21:34 PM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s all dead really.

They’re remaking Roadhouse, which is absolutely ridiculous.

They might be making a 3rd Top Gun as if the second one wasn’t bad enough.

How many Fast & Furious’s are they gonna make?

They all went on strike and no one cared. No one paid attention.

And to think, bozo Kemp and the corrupt Ga legislature gives these POSs $1,500,000,000 a year in tax breaks


3 posted on 01/15/2024 12:21:38 PM PST by qaz123
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Probably not. But I have plenty of content to stream once I’m in retirement.


4 posted on 01/15/2024 12:21:40 PM PST by SamAdams76 (6,508,933 Truth | 87,456,907 Twitter)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m completely confused.

I’ve often heard the Golden Age of Television was the 50s and early 60s, featuring sitcoms such as I Love Lucy ,Father Knows Best ,The Donna Reed Show , and serious dramatic shows such as Playhouse 90 and the Kraft television theater.

Was there a second golden age when cable channels such as HBO started coming out with original programming?


5 posted on 01/15/2024 12:24:03 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If only the writers had pressed on to High School......


6 posted on 01/15/2024 12:24:51 PM PST by G Larry ("XFKAT" We can't keep spelling out "X Formerly Known As Twitter"!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s been dead for a while.


7 posted on 01/15/2024 12:25:33 PM PST by Overtaxed (Stiff the Fed)
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To: escapefromboston

The golden age of tv died in 1978 when they cancelled The Gong Show.................


8 posted on 01/15/2024 12:25:45 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
The golden age of tv died in 1978 when they cancelled The Gong Show.................

Especially when they fired Jaye P. Morgan


9 posted on 01/15/2024 12:26:49 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Don’t ask me why, but they are calling 2000 and onwards the second golden age of the idiot box. Didn’t even give us a bronze age or iron age, although we did have a silver age.
10 posted on 01/15/2024 12:27:11 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The “Rural Purge” was the beginning of the end.


11 posted on 01/15/2024 12:28:23 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

She’s still around at 92!.................


12 posted on 01/15/2024 12:29:02 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The golden age of tv died in 1977 when they cancelled Sanford and Son…….


13 posted on 01/15/2024 12:30:48 PM PST by rhinohunter (Elections have consequences. Stolen elections have catastrophic consequences.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It is now Soviet Union television.

There are only limited approved narratives and themes. The focus is on having more than a representative number of minority and women actors. White males are only eligible for dumb and/or evil roles.


14 posted on 01/15/2024 12:32:17 PM PST by alternatives?
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If you keep in mind that ‘The Sopranos’ was on HBO, a pay tv service, then yes, there are a lot of good shows available on streaming platforms.

Wisting
Hidden
Shetland
The Chestnut Man
Broadchurch
Line Of Duty

On PBS, Downton Abbey was good, and All Creatures Great And Small is a fine show.


15 posted on 01/15/2024 12:33:00 PM PST by Roadrunner383 (m)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Print is dead. Movies are dead. TV is dead.” Drudge Manifesto, year 2000, page 113. Matt predicted it, since he saw how the internet would take over all programming.


16 posted on 01/15/2024 12:33:01 PM PST by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

TV’s Golden Age died long before his mob show ever aired.


17 posted on 01/15/2024 12:33:11 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: dfwgator

Bingo.


18 posted on 01/15/2024 12:33:50 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I don’t watch a single current TV show. They are all pop culture disasters.


19 posted on 01/15/2024 12:34:53 PM PST by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The 1950s are long behind us.


20 posted on 01/15/2024 12:35:29 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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