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Category Archives: The Wire

David Simon in Your Ear

The Wire’s over and Treme hasn’t started yet.  But you can get a fix of David Simon by listening to a podcast or three.
WFIU’s Culture show has a recent podcast interview with David Simon, entitled from Baltimore to the Big Easy.  You can download it free directly from the WFIU site or by searching iTunes […]

The Five Greatest TV Shows Ever

The results are in and the winner is clear:
The Wire took the lead early and never let go.  Arrested Development on the other hand could not hold it’s early lead and slipped into third place behind Seinfeld, which wasn’t even really a player in the nomination round.
The Simpsons beat out that other beloved tv family, […]

The Wire: The Complete Series Rap

Almost my first post on this blog, almost two years ago, was about the pilot episode of The Wire.
The Complete Series of The Wire is out on DVD.  You could buy it or relive it through the rap posted below.  Mind you watching the rap will only make you want to own the DVDs.

What a […]

What to Give a Writer

It’s getting a little too close to gift giving time.  Do you know what you’re getting the writers in your life? I have a number of DVD sets that I’d like to recommend.
State of Play
I’d heard a lot about this British miniseries but could never find it until recently when I ordered it from Amazon.  […]

The Wire On Demand - Now

The first episode of The Wire is now available on TMN on demand.
Go watch it.   We’ll talk later.

The Wire - When McNulty Met Bunk


The Wire - Prequel


Coming Soon


Writing The Wire

The New Yorker has a terrific article written by Margaret Talbot about The Wire which comes back for its fifth season in January. Here are a couple of excerpts:
“The Wire” débuted in June, 2002, looking more or less like a cop show. But the differences were important. It spent as much time with […]

And So Begins Another Season of Television

We’re finished with most of the fall launch and I for one am feeling a little let down. No slam-dunk must-see show has emerged.
But it’s not over yet. We might learn to love one of these series as the season goes on. The pilot was a solo writing effort. But now, […]