I love “The Sopranos.” Many, myself included, would call it the launch of the golden age of television. Without Tony Soprano we wouldn't have Don Draper, Walter White, Dexter Morgan, and many others. It would be a stretch to call Tony an anti-hero. He's not a hero, he's a downright sociopath. But the way in which his character is presented is so painfully human that it's hard not to resist becoming enthralled by him. Combine that with the downright legendary performance by the late James Gandol…

It feels like a hundred years have passed since I first watched Mad Men, which, along with The Sopranos, seems to have altered the trajectory of television. I wasn't even 21 when the first episode aired, but it still made me want to swig whiskeys and martinis and chain smoke my way through the workday. The fact of the matter is that the behavior on the show, especially from Don Draper, is problematic. Because it is set in a different era, and I was really young when Mad Men first aired, it was…