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Author Alan Sepinwall on 'The Revolution was Televised'

James Gandolfini is Tony Soprano, head of the New Jersey crime family portrayed in HBO's 'The Sopranos.' (Credit: Barry Wecter AP)

TV fans have a new must-read for this holiday season: The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks Slingers and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever by Alan Sepinwall.

It's an in-depth look at 12 TV dramas from the past 15 years (deep breath: They're Oz, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Sopranos, The Shield, 24, The Wire, Deadwood, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Friday Night Lights, Mad Men and...