The Sopranos (season 3) the series as the "elitist of the elite," adding: "...The Sopranos resurfaces once more as a superbly written and executed hybrid of popular entertainment and high art, offering up its own Golden Age of TV." "Detroit Free Press" commended the series creator, David Chase, and singled out the show's writing and acting for praise: "The Sopranos, even as series creator David Chase changes pace this season from power struggles to family matters, is still as good as television gets: wonderfully written, superbly acted, always unpredictable." 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards 8th Screen Actors Guild Awards 59th Golden Globe Awards 6th Golden
Made in America (The Sopranos) than bringing the series to a close, that blackout made "The Sopranos" live forever." Tim Goodman of the "San Francisco Chronicle" characterized the finale as "[a]n ending befitting genius of "Sopranos"" and wrote that "Chase managed, with this ending, to be true to reality [...] while also steering clear of trite TV conventions." Frazier Moore of the Associated Press called the episode "brilliant" and wrote that "Chase was true to himself." Kim Reed of Television Without Pity gave "Made in America" the highest score of A+ and praised it for staying true to the show. Alan Sepinwall of "The Star-Ledger"