India, May 9 -- Groundbreaking TV shows that changed storytelling: It may be easy to forget, thanks to the sheer amount of TV we have in the age of streaming, but for most of the history of screen entertainment, the shorter format has played a second fiddle to cinema. But around 2000 and in 2000s, certain shows arrived and utterly transformed the landscape to the point that with a few exceptions, it is TV shows that make the same noise. Here are 5 great TV shows that were so influential changed the way stories are told.

It all began with The Sopranos, the HBO series that is credited for ushering in the Golden Age of Television (we are supposedly living in it). Starring the late James Gandolfini, the series had a New Jersey mobster reluct...