I don't have HBO and had only seen one or two episdoes. I watched the 1st 40 minutes last night and it was commerical free up to that point. I recorded it and will watch the rest later. I'll give it a few weeks to see if I like it - so far, so good.

I was suprised that A&E left in the word "shit" unedited. I know "bullshit" has been on regular tv, but was surprised to hear the former.

I thought the removal of the f-word was done well. It's not like watching "Goodfellas" on tv and having the edits butchered. I thought it was smooth - you knew what they were saying, but "friggin" or "freaking" came out. I did like the "there's no f---in ziti" statement by the Soprano kid.