Easily the best TV show ever made. What is sad is that i highly doubt anything else will be able to come close to the same level of quality. It was like reading Shakespeare (which was probably considered just as vulgar at the time). It's a damn shame it was cancelled like it was.
In the show George Hearst is a main character for a season, and his portrayal is fucking awesome (although i can't attest to the accuracy). He comes off every bit as ruthless as you would think, but with complexity as well. I find it interesting that the last notable portrayal of a Hearst was be Welles in Citizen Kane, and he was on the shitlist for pretty much the rest of his life.