HBO Backlash: Subscribers "Crash" HBO's Website Complaining About Sopranos Finale

By June 11, 2007

More than a few HBO subscribers were enraged by Sunday’s series finale and immediately raced to flood HBO’s email boxes with complaints—enough that according to LAWeekly, the volume of whiners crashed HBO’s website. From LAWeekly:

Either way, it was terrible. Apparently, my extreme reaction was typical of many series’ fans: they crashed HBO’s website for a time tonight trying to register their outrage. HBO could suffer a wave of cancellations as a result. (Already, the pay channel’s replacement series like John from Cincinnati are getting panned.) Chase clearly didn’t give a damn about his fans. Instead, he crapped in their faces. This is why America hates Hollywood.
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This was whimpering. If you’re angry at wasting an hour, complain with your wallets.

The Sopranos finale was most notable to this website because it was being used in a thumbscrew-like fashion to “suggest” that analog cable subscribers switch to digital. Comcast, in particular, took HBO off analog cable to coincide with the finale, in the hopes that analog subscribers would switch. Now, oh boy, are people mad.

We watched it. We thought it was fine family fun and give it a whole-hearted endorsement… and when you’ve pleased a consumer news website, you’ve really done something special. Best ending since “The Birds.”—MEGHANN MARCO

THAAAT’S What We Were All Waiting For? Angry ‘Sopranos’ Fans Crash HBO Website [LAWeekly]
Series Finale Thread 1[HBO]
Series Finale Thread 2 [HBO]

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  1. bhall03 says:
    June 12, 2007 at 3:42 am

    @jeremyduffy: Actually, your analogy doesn’t stand up in either example. Both of your comparisons are real life, not the fantasy of a tv series.

    Now, if you had made a reference to WWE wrestling, then I would be right there with you.

  2. doctor_cos wants you to remain calm says:
    June 12, 2007 at 11:09 am

    David Chase has said that “that’s it.” There is no movie or secret ending or anything like that.

    And yes, it’s “Just a show.” If you bitch or think that’s cruel, then you do need to get a life. Now. Shut off your computer, your blackberry, your cell phone, and go outside. :)

    I watched the show and I thought the ending was damn near perfect, as it leaves it up to the viewer (although once they killed Phil I was happy).

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