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‘Sopranos’ fifth season debuts on HBO 7 March
MUMBAI: The fifth season of HBO’s gangster saga The Sopranos debuts on HBO in the US on 7 March. This will comprise of 13 episodes.
In India the show airs on Zee English. A Variety report states that in the last episode of the fourth season titled Whitecaps a major fight broke out between the husband and wife team played by Edie Falco and James Gandolfini.
Last year HBO chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht said that the show would return for a 10-episode sixth season. This will begin production in early 2005. Last year there were doubts that this would happen as the writer David Chase had wanted to call it a day after the fifth season.
As reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com there have been disputes in the past between HBO and Gandolfini over payments. Gandolfini was locked in a legal battle with HBO in March. He wanted $16 million for the fifth season. HBO did not want to pay him over $11 million. Gandolfini eventually came around and decided to honour the original terms of the contract.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
