‘The Sopranos’ pays off for A
A Times staff writer
With 4.3 million viewers, Wednesday’s premiere of a toned-down “The Sopranos” muscled aside the competition to make A&E; the night’s most-watched among ad-supported basic-cable services.
The much-hyped premiere of the landmark HBO show set a basic-cable record for a premiere and led the evening in households, total viewers and key demographics. It also nearly tripled A&E;’s average prime-time viewership for 2006.
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