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Viewership of the second presidential debate dropped by a lot

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Way less people tuned in to watch Sunday's presidential debate compared to the first one on September 26, according to overnight ratings.

Deadline reported that 60.3 million people watched Donald Trump go toe-to-toe with Hillary Clinton during Sunday's town hall-format debate.

Clearly, that doesn't beat the record 84 million viewers who tuned into the previous presidential debate.

That number includes viewers of the debate on ABC, CBS, Fox, CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC.

NBC opted to air football instead.

CBS lead with the most total viewers at 11.3 million.

This article has been updated with information released after it was published.

 

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This chart shows which genres Netflix is pouring its resources into

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Netflix is producing tons of original shows and movies — to the tune of 600 hours in 2016 alone.

And Netflix has seen hits in genres ranging from documentary to drama to kids shows. But where exactly is Netflix focusing its originals dollars?

In a note to investors on Sunday, analysts Bryan Kraft and Clay Griffin from Deutsche Bank estimated the distribution of original movies and shows Netflix has put out so far.

Here is the chart:

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Drama has the highest number of hours, and the genre significantly dwarfs Netflix's comedy output. And it's good to note that some hours of a Netflix show cost more to produce than others. Netflix spent a reported $120 million for “The Get Down,” its Baz Luhrmann show about the origins of hip-hop, and a whopping $90 million for a new Will Smith movie.

But still, the amount of hours shows, to a certain degree, what Netflix thinks is important. The real shocker in this chart is the sheer volume of children's content Netflix is putting out. Netflix will launch 35 kids and family originals in 2016, according to the company.

Children’s programming has become a major focus not only for Netflix, but for other “over-the-top” players like Amazon, Hulu, and HBO. Amazon doesn’t have quite the volume, but it has produced as many original kids shows as it has comedies (and twice the number of dramas). HBO also made headlines late last year when it struck a deal for the iconic show "Sesame Street."

Why have these companies been making such big investments?

One reason is that their ad-free nature can prove an advantage. The difference between children’s programming with ads and without can be immediately apparent, when requests for the latest sugary cereal suddenly slow down.

This fact means that Netflix, Amazon, and their no-commercial rivals could derive an even greater benefit for their lack of advertising in children’s programming than in other types. Hulu even streams all its children's programming ad-free, even on tiers that normally include ads.

Adults might be annoyed by ads, but children are molded by them.

Here's another chart that shows how Netflix's production of originals overall has gone up dramatically since 2013:

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The internet is in love with Ken Bone — an undecided voter who unwittingly starred in the debate

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The second presidential debate was one of the nastiest yet, but one undecided voter brought a bit of levity to the event and won over the internet with his unique style. Ken Bone, in a red sweater and glasses, simply asked a question about energy, and he instantly turned into one of the biggest memes of the 2016 election. He even has his very own theme song. Ken Bone 2016?

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Superman teams up with Supergirl for the first time in CW preview clip

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Superman makes his debut on The CW's "Supergirl" on Monday night at 8 p.m., but the network just released a preview clip of the cousins' reunion hours early.

So far on "Supergirl," we've only seen Superman in profile, with his face hidden.

We've known for several months now that MTV's "Teen Wolf" alum Tyler Hoechlin will be the next lucky actor to suit up as the Man of Steel. But it looks like this version is a lot more comfortable in his skin — both that of Superman and Clark Kent.

"There’s certainly a little bit of the 'aw shucks' about him, but he’s been Superman for a while, so there’s a savviness about him as Superman and as Clark," executive producer Andrew Kreisberg told Collider. "If he's been Superman for 12 years, that also means that he's been Clark Kent for 12 years. He knows how to interview somebody. He knows how to get a story out of someone."

In the clip, Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) and Superman respond to the same emergency and quickly realize they'll need to work together.

Not only does Monday serve as the season-two premiere for "Supergirl," it's the first season after CBS decided to cancel the show earlier this year and Viacom sister company, The CW, picked it up.

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The hit docu-series 'Planet Earth' is coming back — here's the beautiful trailer

Here are the 20 most popular Netflix original shows, according to a research company

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Netflix famously keeps its viewing numbers under lock and key, but there is one company that believes it has broken through the lock.

SymphonyAM has an app that listens to sounds from users' televisions and takes that data to extrapolate viewership. As of March, the company boasts about 20,000 users.

It's important to point out that Netflix has called thedata "remarkably inaccurate," though it hasn't furnished its own set of numbers yet.

The chart below of the most popular Netflix originals shows how their numbers stack up against each other on their respective premiere dates plus the five following days.

From "Bojack Horseman" to "Stranger Things," here's how many people are watching your favorite Netflix shows according to SymphonyAM:

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Legendary director Werner Herzog says he wants to play a Bond villain: 'I think I would be good'

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Werner Herzog is best known for his work behind the camera, as the director of some of the most memorable movies ever made both fictional ("Fitzcarraldo") and documentary ("Grizzly Man").

But as he told Business Insider on Monday, he loves "everything that has to do with cinema," and that includes being an occasional actor.

Over his career, his unique brand of storytelling that focuses on ambition and the dark fringes of society has bled into the kinds of roles he's taken, most notably playing the villain in the 2012 Tom Cruise movie "Jack Reacher," based on the popular Lee Child novels.

Herzog is in his fully glory in "Jack Reacher" playing the sinister Zec, who has spent most of his life in a Soviet Union Gulag and has the scars to prove it — he once chewed off his fingers before the frostbite could turn to gangrene.

Here's Herzog in action in "Jack Reacher" (his unmistakable voice is perfect for the part):

Now the 74-year-old tells us he's ready to be the villain on one of the most famous movie franchises ever.

"I think I would be a good villain in a James Bond movie," Herzog told Business Insider while doing press for his latest documentary, "Into the Inferno," which will be available on Netflix on October 28. "They were fairly weak the last half-dozen of villains in James Bond movies. They weren't that convincing."

Herzog said he was offered big villain roles after "Jack Reacher," though he wouldn't reveal what they were, only saying he turned them down because they were "silly stuff."

"'Jack Reacher' was very easy because the function of the villain was just to spread fear and horror," said Herzog, who believes he can do the same opposite 007. 

But he said his villanry is only for the screen. 

"You have to ask my wife — she maintains I'm a fluffy husband," he said.

The 25th James Bond movie has yet to go into production. Producers hope they can get Daniel Craig to return. Craig said he'd grown weary of Bond after "Spectre" but has more recently said he hasn't ruled out returning as Bond. Maybe the casting of evil Herzog can convince him.

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Movie star Shailene Woodley has been arrested for alleged trespassing in protest

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Shailene Woodley has been arrested for alleged trespassing amid a protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline, TMZ reports.

The star of the "Divergent" movies and "The Descendants" was arrested Monday morning. She was one of 100 people protesting the pipeline in Sioux County, North Dakota.

Cops eventually came in and arrested 27 protesters, among them Woodley, who has called the protest "peaceful," according to TMZ.

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A 'Mad Men' star is KFC's new Colonel Sanders mascot

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The Kentucky Fried Chicken Colonel Sanders is taking many different forms these days. 

In a marketing campaign to liven up the chicken chain, the elderly Colonel has been replaced by the likes of Darrell Hammond, Norm Macdonald, Jim Gaffigan, Rob Riggle, and now it’s been announced that “Mad Men” star Vincent Kartheiser is the latest to embody the mascot with the new image above.

Kartheiser will look a little different from his Pete Campbell days. In the campaign he's the “Nashville Hot Colonel,” since KFC has brought back its popular Nashville Hot Chicken.

“Like KFC’s Nashville Hot Chicken, I’m a bit of a rebel decked out in authentic Nashville flavor — a perfect combination of classic and cool,” Kartheiser said in a statement sent out by KFC (via Ad Week). 

Here’s a teaser of Kartheiser in the ad campaign:

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The 12 best games ever made for the PlayStation 2, the best-selling video game console of all time

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The PlayStation 2 still holds the title of the best-selling video game console of all time, with over 150 million units sold in its lifetime.

It managed to stay in production for over a decade, from 2000 until 2013. We took a crack at the impossible task of whittling its massive library down to just 10 of its best platform-exclusive games, but had to eventually expand that roster to 12 so we didn't hurt too many people's feelings by excluding something — though we are still almost certainly going to get a slew of angry emails for what we left out.

So, without further ado, here are the 12 best PS2 games of all time:

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"Gran Turismo 4"

The "Gran Turismo" franchise has always been a game for people who actually know things about cars, so much so that Jeremy Clarkson, formerly of "Top Gear," wrote about it in The Sunday Times, saying:

"They’ve even managed to accurately reflect the differences between a Mercedes SL 600 and the Mercedes SL 55, which is hard enough to do in real life. There's more, too. If you take a banked curve in the Bentley Le Mans car flat out, you’ll be fine. If you back off, even a little bit, you lose the aerodynamic grip and end up spinning. That's how it is."

He does lament that the BMW M3 CSL "brakes much better on the road than it does on the screen," but a video game can't be perfect, I guess.

But for a game that came out in 2004, "Gran Turismo 4" came pretty close.



"Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus"

Most games strive for hyperrealism, attempting to render every pore and wrinkle on someone's face, as if you were actually standing in front of them in the real world. It's a futile pursuit, because the following year, games promise to look even better and more realistic than ever before.

That's part of what makes the "Sly Cooper" series so great: Rather than try to replicate reality, it puts players in a decidedly Disney-like world, like an interactive Saturday morning cartoon.

That, mixed with the series delightful mix of stealth and platforming challenges, makes "Sly Cooper" a game worth remembering.



"Okami"

At first glance, it's pretty easy to see why "Okami" had to be included on this list. It has an amazing aesthetic, like a Japanese ink drawing come to life.

In practice, "Okami" plays a lot like "Legend of Zelda," but its aesthetic is more than just for looks. In place of Link's items, like the Hookshot or ice arrows, you'll learn different brushstrokes that modify the game's world.

At any time, you can freeze the game and actually draw specific patterns on the screen — a slash, for example will damage enemies, a circle will cause the sun to rise, and you can even fill in the gaps on a broken bridge, causing it to be magically repaired.

In short, "Okami" is not only one of the PS2's most beautiful games, but also one of its most innovative.



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New backstage photos reveal the lives of '90s supermodels in their heyday

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Photographer Miles Ladin has been documenting high-profile socialites and celebrities for publications like the New York Times and W Magazine for more than 20 years.

With his discreet camera and off-camera flash, Ladin captures candid moments of the frenzied backstage atmosphere of runway shows, the dinner tables of intimate parties, and the chaotic media flurry that surrounds these type of events.

His newest book and gallery show "Supermodels at the End of Time" takes a look back at his best shots from the 1990s and early '00s of the biggest modeling stars, and adds a sense of humor with captions from Bret Easton Ellis' satirical novel: "Glamorama." 

The show is on display at New York's Station Independent Projects until October 30th.

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Ladin's new book and gallery show is made up of photos taken between 1994 and 2002.



"For many years I had been playing around with [the idea of] combining my supermodel pictures from the 1990s with text from the Bret Easton Ellis’ novel "Glamorama,"" Ladin told Business Insider. The book, written in 1998, satirizes celebrity culture of the 90s.



While humor plays a large role in Ladin's work, he made it clear it's never meant to be mean-spirited.



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Why 'MythBusters' Adam Savage is obsessed with cosplay

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The world of cosplay is a dedicated fan club to all things comics and entertainment.

Cosplay hobbyists will spend an exuberant amount of time and money on their costumes to portray their favorite characters.

"MythBuster" cohost Adam Savage is no different. Having become somewhat of a Comic Convention celebrity, Savage explains his love for the culture. 

Check out more of Adam's cosplay costumes from Tested.com.

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Nancy O'Dell responds to vulgar Donald Trump tape: It's not ok 'even in the locker room'

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"Entertainment Tonight" cohost Nancy O'Dell has taken to her show to address the vulgar comments made about her by Donald Trump and Billy Bush on a leaked 2005 recording.

"I feel it's very important that I address you all directly," O'Dell said on Monday's episode of "ET."

"As a journalist for 26 years now, it is my job to bring you news about others rather than to focus on myself," she said. "But by now, I'm sure most of you have heard the audio tape that has become national news and part of the presidential race. My name was mentioned and unfortunately has thrown me in the middle of the political arena, of which I didn't ask to be a part." 

O'Dell was the subject of vulgar comments made by Trump and Bush in a video from 2005 that surfaced on Friday. The recording shows Trump, who was newly married to Melania Trump at the time, boasting of trying to sleep with O'Dell. At the time, O'Dell was a married woman and cohosted "Access Hollywood" with Bush.

Trump also talked about being able to "grab" women "by the p---y" because "when you're a star, they let you do it." All the while, Bush egged on the real-estate mogul.

O'Dell finished her on-air response to the tape with: "There is no room for objectification of women, or anyone for that matter — not even in the locker room."

Both Trump and Bush apologized for the tape over the weekend, but still dealt with the repercussions of what was said. Many Republicans withdrew their support of Trump and polls show him now trailing Hillary Clinton by double-digits.

Meanwhile, Bush was suspended from his current job at "Today," pending further review.

Watch O'Dell's statement below:

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Spotify and Apple Music get the remix treatment (AAPL)

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Spotify and Apple Music now feature unofficial song remixes on their streaming platforms, months after sealing deals with mix- and remix-centric music licensing company Dubset, TechCrunch reports.

This could lead to a deluge of music from independent artists – creating new opportunities for musicians, and an expanded listening experience for users.

Apple Music and Spotify each reached agreements with Dubset in the first half of 2016.Dubset scans mixed and remixed music to attribute content and distribute royalties to original rights holders. Their partnership with Dubset has a number of implications:

  • SoundCloud stands to lose out in this scenario. Unofficial remixes and mixes uploaded talented bedroom producers are one of SoundCloud's key differentiators in the music streaming space. It's the reason SoundCloud has over 125 million tracks, compared to Spotify and Apple Music's 30 million-song catalogs. With Spotify and Apple Music gaining more of this content, SoundCloud's edge in this space could begin to wear down.
  • In turn, SoundCloud's acquisition potential could falter. The company is reported to be in negotiations with Spotify about a merger, but Spotify could opt out of a deal if it can get SoundCloud's content without having to spend $1 billion or so on an acquisition. But backing out of this deal would cause Spotify to miss out on tens of millions of SoundCloud users who might have otherwise been Spotify-converts.
  • And SoundCloud's catalog is only one of its core strengths. The platform also excels in the social aspect – facilitating connections between musicians and fans, and helping to establish collectives formed by artists and independent labels. The fact that artists participate on SoundCloud like, and alongside, regular users lends to an experience absent on other platforms.
  • Spotify and Apple Music’s catalog is still short on one front. For now, the two music streaming services are only adding remixed songs to their catalogs, and not DJ mixes comprised of several songs in succession. Excluding mixes from their catalog is a missed opportunity – to expand their catalogs, satisfy fans, and compensate artists – as 700 million people listen to mixed content every month, according to Dubset CEO Stephen White.

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Here's how people are consuming their news today

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A newly published study by the Pew Research Center takes a look at peoples' news consumption preferences – and specifically the media through which they prefer to receive their news.

The study reveals some notable differences in news consumption preferences across generations, and further affirms the ongoing transition from analog, print, and linear media toward digital.  

Survey respondents were classified into different age groups: 18-29 year olds, or younger adults; 30-49 year olds, referred to here as adults; 50-64 year olds, or older adults; and those above 65 years. The survey begins by taking a high-level look at how people prefer to consume news – by reading, watching, or listening.

For each medium, it then examines whether respondents prefer analog or digital formats. It's worth mentioning that the survey was conducted from January to February 2016 – so respondents' news consumption preferences may have evolved since then. Here are the main takeaways from the study: 

  • Young adults tend to prefer reading news, compared to their elders. That being said, the majority of all respondents prefer watching the news (an average of 47%) compared with reading (35%) and listening (17%). Furthermore, the split among young adults for those who prefer to read the news (42%) versus watch (38%) is almost equal, and it's even more even for adults between 30-49 years – further reinforcing the general popularity of watching the news. 
  • Most of this reading happens on screens rather than in print. Unsurprisingly, over 80% of young adults who prefer to read their news do so online, compared to less than 10% who opt for print newspapers. The split is similar, if slightly less pronounced, for adults between 30-49 years old. It then becomes more even for older adults, before skewing towards a preference for print newspapers for respondents above 65 years old. The popularity of digital text for younger audiences explains why digital publishing outfits have proliferated in the past decade. On the other hand, legacy newspapers have seen their print advertising and circulation revenue vanish. 
  • Watching the news seems to be transitioning to the web from TV. While the majority (57%) of young adults still prefer watching news on TV, a significant share (37%) cited the web as viewing platform of choice – a larger share than all other age groups combined.  That said, watching news on TV was the first choice for more than three-quarters of respondents who prefer to watch the news, in every group above 30 years, speaking to the large opportunity that stills exist on linear channels.
  • Audio also shows signs of the migration to digital among the young. From the three forms of news consumption, listening to the news is the least preferred method, which may be surprising given the seemingly explosive growth of podcasts in recent years. Nevertheless, younger adults who prefer to listen to the news are showing signs of digital migration, with 30% preferring to listen to news online, compared to 49% who do so on radio, and 10% on TV. 

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Debate star Ken Bone explains why he's 'more undecided' than before

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After becoming an internet sensation during the presidential debate on Sunday, undecided voter Ken Bone, with his now-trademark red sweater, went on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" via video on Monday night to talk about all the attention he's gotten.

Bone said he and the other undecided voters who asked questions to candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in a town hall-style debate were not allowed to have any electronic devices from 8 a.m. Sunday morning to when they finally left the stage in the late evening. When Bone finally got his phone back, he said he had "a few thousand missed messages."

"I started to think today was going to be a long day," he told Kimmel.

Bone spent most of Monday on a press tour to talk about everything from why he wore a red sweater (he wanted to wear an olive-colored suit but split the seat in his pants when he put it on) to the countless memes that have been created about him.

Kimmel pointed out to Bone that his fans call themselves "Bone Heads."

"That's fantastic. I've been calling my family that for years," Bone said.

The late-night host also asked Bone if he's decided who he'll vote for in the presidential election.

"I think I'm more undecided than I was before," he said. "This is an unusual political cycle, it’s been so negative. I try to really base most of my decisions on positive things, and neither of them have given me many."

Bone, who says he works in coal electricity (his question at the debate was about how the candidates would craft their energy policies to reduce emissions while not harming jobs), aligns with Trump on his economic policy. But he added, “I would really hate for anybody’s rights to be taken back. We fought so hard to get marriage equality and rights expanded to more Americans and it would be unconscionable for me to see those be taken away by a Supreme Court justice appointed by Donald Trump.”

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'Star Wars' fans are freaking out over this stunning new game trailer

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A new "Star Wars" trailer has fans going bananas. The trailer racked up nearly 2 million views on YouTube in the past four days; Eurogamer called it "better than many Star Wars movies."

Sounds hyperbolic? It isn't. As a lapsed "Star Wars" fan myself, I can attest: This is the good stuff.

The trailer isn't for a new "Star Wars" movie or even a TV show — it's for a yearsold game, "Star Wars: The Old Republic," that originally launched way back in 2011 but is getting a big expansion this holiday.

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With the expansion, titled "Knights of the Eternal Throne," the age-old story of the Dark Side corrupting a young padawan is back at the forefront.

The gorgeous trailer explores this journey, from a young girl trying to figure out how to use the Force to a dark lordess engaged in mortal conflict with her own mother.

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Don't get it twisted: This trailer is not representative of what "Star Wars: The Old Republic" looks like (or even plays like). The game is in the MMO, or massively multiplayer online, genre, which puts hundreds or thousands of players into an online world together.

"Star Wars: The Old Republic" looks and plays more like "World of Warcraft" than the cinematic action shown in this incredible trailer. In fairness, no games look and play like this trailer — it's got more in common with the "Star Wars" films than any game.

And that's why you shouldn't miss it, even if you don't care about this game. It's genuinely some of the best short-form "Star Wars" storytelling I've ever seen, and I think you'll agree:

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The 10 best TV shows of all time, according to experts

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Two critics who are well-known for working the TV beat have partnered on a new book that lays out, in all its opinionated glory, a list of the 100 greatest American shows of all time.

"TV (The Book)," by Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz — who write at HitFix and New York magazine, respectively — rigorously ranks TV shows using a point system based on six categories: innovation, influence, consistency, performance, storytelling, and peak (how great the show was at its best).

The two writers used the system to come up with a wonderfully diverse list of TV comedies and dramas over decades, and they include essays about each show that remind you why you love the shows you love, or help you discover a new gem.

Here are the 10 American TV shows they consider the best of all time, ranked (note there are a number of ties):

Click here to buy a copy of "TV (The Book)" by Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz (Grand Central Publishing, 2016).

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1. "The Simpsons" (Fox, 1989-present)

Total score: 112



"The Sopranos" (HBO, 1999-2007)

Total score: 112



"The Wire" (HBO, 2002-2008)

Total score: 112



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