You beat me to it. As an Italian-American myself, I find the Sopranos to be a great show (other than the gratuitous sex scenes). Every other Italian-American I personally know loves the show also. I get offended by pinheads like Torricelli and Cuomo who, in my opinion, do more to harm the reputation of Italians than any TV show could. Thank God we have Scalia and Giuliani to make up for them.
Not Italina myself, but those are great representatives for any people.