Mobsters

There are a lot of initial discrepancies about NBC's The Black Donnellys from the moment you watch the show.
If you are a born and raised New Yorker, you might find it initially hard to relate to the creators insistence on piecing together different but real geographical areas and their claim that it's one fictional neighborhood, unlike other shows using a New York backdrop such as The Sopranos, Law and Order or even Sex and the City.

If you are Canadian, you might be even more confused by the creators choice of the title, which until recently has been a famous historical reference to one of the most gruesome murders in Canadian history.

Bobby Moresco and Paul Haggis, the Oscar winning team behind Crash and the creators of The Black Donnellys implore you to throw pre-conceived notions out the window when you watch the premiere Monday night and want to remind us that although the show is heavily based on their personal experiences growing up in New York City's Hell Kitchen, the story and places are indeed fictional and should feel timeless.

There are 20 new episodes of The Sopranos left. Period. The sixth season launches in March with 12 new episodes. Then, there will be 8 bonus episodes starting in January of 2007. Then it's over, according to creator David Chase. There had been rumors that this upcoming season wouldn't be the last, simply because, when Time Warner Inc. announced its plans for the sixth season, it didn't refer to it as the "final" season. But Chase put all those rumors to rest recently when speaking to a crowd of television critics. Not only are the next 20 episodes the end of the season, but he said that we probably won't be seeing Tony Soprano and the other good fellas up on the big screen, either.