Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorBada bing!HBO Max is letting anyone in the U.S. watch Season 1 of groundbreaking Jersey crime drama “The Sopranos” — for free in the app — for a limited time.
The promo is timed for the release of film prequel “The Many Saints of Newark” on Oct. 1 simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max.
The film will be available on the HBO Max ad-free plan ($14.99/month) for 31 days after release.The first season of “The Sopranos,” which debuted in 1999 on HBO, will be free to stream in the HBO Max app until Oct.
8. It’s part of the long-standing sampling strategy HBO has used for years to give people a taste of its original programming — and try to convince them to pay for the premium service.
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