"The Wire" (HBO, 2002-2008): The Great American Novel for television, David Simon and Ed Burns’ saga of cops, drug dealers, blue-collar workers, mayors, kids and reporters in Baltimore was an at times thrilling, at times hilarious, always chilling look... Full Article at NJ.com

The auteur theory is alive and well on the small screen, albeit not in the same way as you'd see in the movies. Full Article at HitFix

DAN H. BLACK Greenberg Traurig When Black entered private practice in 1990, screenwriters were still using typewriters. Today he can look back at a career that has embraced all the technical upheaval that has transformed the entertainment industry. Full Article at Original Signal: Movies

Long before he was an awards show darling at the helm of one of the most obsessively consumed shows on television, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner was a bitter hater. Full Article at TV Guide

The Sopranos David Chase taught us to empathize with the bad guy with his introduction of Tony Soprano, who struggled to deal with his overbearing mother while simultaneously trying to balance his responsibilities to his family — and his other family. Full Article at TV Guide

"It's not TV, it's HBO" goes the tagline, and in the '00s, TV was "The Sopranos," a series that not only defined a channel but, more fundamentally, a decade's worth of living-room drama. Full Article at Independent Film Channel