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Question: Have you ever watched the television program, The Sopranos? If you can't get the show on your TV, just tell me.

 

NJ

Nation

 

NJ 2001

Nation  2001

Yes

60%

41%

 

53%

37%

No, never

39%

59%

 

46%

63%

Sample information

N=602

N=776

N=517

N=800


Question: If  “yes” ask: How much have you seen of The Sopranos over the years…READ?

N.J.

Nation

many episodes

54%

30%

some

12%

18%

just a Few

31%

45%

none

 3%

6%

Sample

N=362

N=316

MoE

+/-5

+/-5.5


Question: Some have criticized the show for [attribute]. Do agree or disagree with this criticism?

 

New Jersey All

National All

National 2001

Agree

Dis-
agree

unsure

Agree

Dis-
agree

unsure

Agree

Dis-
agree

unsure

Sexually explicit scenes / dialog

35%

50%

16%

36%

45%

18%

38%

45%

16%

Offensive / vulgar language

42%

47%

11%

47%

42%

11%

42%

48%

10%

Excessive / graphic violence

38%

51%

11%

46%

41%

12%

33%

55%

13%

Glorifying organized crime

32%

58%

11%

44%

46%

11%

35%

57%

 8%

Portraying Italian-Americans in a negative way.

24%

67%

9%

27%

61%

12%

26%

65%

9%

Note: Percentages reflect responses only for survey respondents who reported having watched the show. Unsure includes “neither” and “both.”


Question: Do you think of The Sopranos as just a story or do you think it's pretty much telling the truth about the people and events it depicts?

     

New Jersey by Age

NJ ideology

 
 

N.J.

Nation

18-29

31-45

45-60

60+

lib

mod

cons

Nation 2001

Just a Story

55%

60%

52

57

60

46

70

48

49

62%

Telling the Truth

29%

20%

30

31

27

29

18

34

36

26%

Unsure

16%

20%

18

12

13

24

12

17

15

12%

Note: Percentages reflect responses only for survey respondents who reported having watched the show.


Question: By the way, do know what state in the country The Sopranos is supposed to take place in?

N.J. All

National

All

National by region

 N.J. 2001

Nation 2001

North
east

North
Central

South

West

New Jersey

90%

56%

74

54

53

46

63%

34%

[any other answer]

  2%

15%

10

15

16

18

  9%

  9%

Don't Know

  7%

29%

17

31

31

36

28%

57%


Question:  The very last episode of The Sopranos will take place very soon. How do you think the series should end? Should Tony Soprano… or …at the end of the story?  Should he…
[ROTATE ALL]     New Jerseyans who watched
  N.J. National Many some/few
Die
21%
21%
22
19
Be killed by police
5
14
Be killed by other criminals
44
18
Die a natural death, like a heart attack or stroke
11
20
Other
30
38
Don't know
9
10
live
43%
40%
56
28
Continue as a mobster
25
30
go to prison
32
33
turn honest
15
25
other
17
6
Don't know
12
 
7
Don't know
36%
40%
21
52

 

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