Welcome, Tony Soprano!
I've always been a big fan of gangster movies and books. Incredible buzz preceded the first season of "Sopranos," so I subscribed to HBO specifically to watch the series. Wasn't disappointed, to say the least! (For that matter, I bought my first VCR in September, 1983, because NBC was showing, for the first time on TV, the "Godfather Saga"--the spliced version of GF and II, with deleted scenes integrated.)