What year did the SOPRANOS first air ?

Answer 1

1999... April 4th, to be specific ;-)

Answer 2

1999

Answer 3

1999

Answer 4

Sunday January 10, 1999 on HBO this Episode

Tony Soprano, a Capo in the Jersey mafia, begins seeing a therapist because he is stricken by panic attacks. During his session, Dr. Melfi learns of his two conflicted families. Tony is stressed by his unhappy wife, rebellious kids and his demanding mother. On the business side, Tony feels pressure from his willful nephew, while also engaging in a power struggle with his Uncle Junior.

the recap :-
Tony Soprano tries to be a good family man on two fronts — to his wife, kids and widowed mother — and as a capo in the New Jersey mob. The pressures of
work and family life give him anxiety attacks, so Tony starts seeing a psychiatrist — which is not the kind of thing a guy advertises in the circles Tony
moves in: it could get him killed.

So he keeps it to himself. What caused all this stress? On the home front his marriage is shaky and his mother needs to be put in a nursing home (he calls
it a "retirement community" but she still won't go). Uncle Junior wanted to use Tony's childhood friend's restaurant to whack a guy named Pussy Malenga,
but Tony prevented the hit by blowing the place up. When a Czech mob attempted to move in on the Sopranos' waste management business, Tony's hot-headed
nephew Chris "handled the problem" by murdering their representative and dumping him on Staten Island — without getting the permission of the administration.
To top it all off, Tony is haunted by the feeling that the glory days of mob life are long gone, and that he might not measure up to the titans of the
past.