When Does "The Sopranos" Season One (1999) Take Place?

"The Sopranos" season one is a crime television showran by David Chase and released January 10th, 1999. So when is "The Sopranos" season one set? 


It takes place in the year: 

1998 AD 


We know this because in season 1 episode 1 “The Sopranos” an issue of "The Star Ledger" newspaper is delivered to Tony Soprano's driveway with a front page dated for “WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1998”. 

This front page includes the headline: "Clinton Warns Medicare Could Be Bust in Yr 2000" and United States of America President Bill Clinton made protecting the government medical insurance program Medicare a major issue throughout 1998 AD and 1999 AD in the real-world. 


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