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 While
older series of The Sopranos are currently running on Zee
English in India, the show's fourth season premiere averaged a record
13.4 million viewers from 9 to 10 pm on Sunday in the US, surpassing
the number one show for that hour on broadcast television, NBC's
Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and the most watched programme
of the night on the Big Four, CBS news magazine 60 Minutes.
Returning to HBO after a 16-month hiatus, The Sopranos picked
up where it left off as Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) continued
efforts to reconcile his roles as a gangster and family man through
therapy while coping with a strained marriage and money problems
in the family business.
 "The
premiere was believed to be the first time that an HBO programme
topped the viewer ship for each of the big four broadcasters in
a single hour ", the channel claims. The previous record-holder
for most-watched broadcast on HBO was the 1989 championship boxing
match between Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno.
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