The Sopranos Series and won the award six times, with creator David Chase receiving three awards. "The Sopranos" won at least one Emmy Award for acting in every eligible year except 2006 and 2007. James Gandolfini and Edie Falco were each nominated six times for Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress, respectively, both winning a total of three awards. Joe Pantoliano won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2003, and Michael Imperioli and Drea de Matteo also won Emmys in 2004 for their supporting roles on the show. Other actors who have received Emmy nominations for the series include Lorraine Bracco (in
The Bard (The Twilight Zone) Roosevelt to act as consultants. The episode was likely written by Rod Serling as a reaction to the advertising executives he dealt with regularly while producing for television. In the book "The Twilight Zone Companion" Serling is quoted as saying that things were so bad with the overcautious executives that "one could not ford a river if Chevy was the sponsor." The actor portrayed by Burt Reynolds satirizes Marlon Brando's way of method acting. The episode was also featured in the final episode of "The Sopranos", in 2007, "Made in America". Tony Soprano, the protagonist of the series, is seen