I Soprano

Mafia-existential drama in five seasons + a two-part finale that, in addition to inaugurating the so-called "Golden Age of Television" and etching its name in bold at the top of Rolling Stone's list of the greatest TV shows of all time, gifted us the coolest, kindest, and most violent villain ever, the overweight and charming boss of New Jersey, Tony Soprano, played by the gigantic and forever-mourned James Gandolfini. Total.