The Sopranos has six seasons.
The Sopranos . The story revolves around the fictional character , New Jersey-based Italian American mobster Tony Soprano ( James Gandolfini ) . After the pilot was ordered in 1997 , the show premiered on the premium cable network HBO in the United States on January 10 , 1999 , and ran its six seasons with 86 episodes to June 10 , 2007 . Tony Soprano . The Italian-American character was conceived by Sopranos creator and show runner David Chase , who was also largely responsible for the character 's story arc throughout the show 's six seasons .