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'''''The Wire''''' is an American television series created by David Simon.
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| genre = {{Plainlist|
* [[Crime drama]]
* [[Serial drama]]
* [[Tragedy]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2008/tv/news/the-wire-david-21043/ |title='The Wire': David Simon reflects on his modern Greek tragedy |work=Variety |date=March 8, 2008 |access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/mar/06/the-wire-10-years-on-we-tore-the-cover-off-a-city-and-showed-the-american-dream-was-dead |title=The Wire, 10 years on: 'We tore the cover off a city and showed the American dream was dead' |first=Dorian |last=Lynskey |work=The Guardian |date=March 6, 2018 |access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>}}
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| picture_format = [[NTSC]]
| audio_format = [[Surround sound]]
| runtime = {{Plainlist|
* 55–60 minutes
* 93 minutes (series finale)
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| creator = [[David Simon]]
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
* David Simon
* [[Robert F. Colesberry]]
* [[Nina Kostroff Noble]]
}}
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Karen L. Thorson]]
* [[Ed Burns]]
* [[Joe Chappelle]]
* [[George Pelecanos]]
* [[Eric Overmyer]]
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
*[[Dominic West]]
*[[John Doman]]
*[[Idris Elba]]
*[[Frankie Faison]]
*[[Larry Gilliard Jr.]]
*[[Wood Harris]]
*[[Deirdre Lovejoy]]
*[[Wendell Pierce]]
*[[Lance Reddick]]
*[[Andre Royo]]
*[[Sonja Sohn]]
*[[Chris Bauer]]
*[[Paul Ben-Victor]]
*[[Clarke Peters]]
*[[Amy Ryan]]
*[[Aidan Gillen]]
*[[Jim True-Frost]]
*[[Robert Wisdom]]
*[[Seth Gilliam]]
*[[Domenick Lombardozzi]]
*[[J. D. Williams]]
*[[Michael K. Williams]]
*[[Corey Parker Robinson]]
*[[Reg E. Cathey]]
*[[Chad L. Coleman]]
*[[Jamie Hector]]
*[[Glynn Turman]]
*[[Clark Johnson]]
*[[Tom McCarthy (director)|Tom McCarthy]]
*[[Gbenga Akinnagbe]]
*[[Neal Huff]]
*[[Jermaine Crawford]]
*[[Tristan Wilds]]
*[[Michael Kostroff]]
*[[Michelle Paress]]
*[[Isiah Whitlock Jr.]]
}}
| theme_music_composer = [[Tom Waits]]
| opentheme = {{Plainlist|
* "[[Way Down in the Hole]]" by [[The Blind Boys of Alabama]] (season 1)
* [[Tom Waits]] (season 2)
* [[The Neville Brothers]] (season 3)
* [[#Music|DoMaJe]] (season 4)
* [[Steve Earle]] (season 5)
}}
| endtheme = "The Fall" by [[Blake Leyh]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| location = Baltimore, Maryland
| company = {{Plainlist|
* Blown Deadline Productions
* [[HBO|HBO Entertainment]]}}
| distributor = {{Plainlist|
* [[Warner Bros. Television Distribution]]
* HBO Enterprises
}}
| network = HBO
| first_aired = {{Start date|2002|6|2}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2008|3|9}}
| num_seasons = 5
| num_episodes = 60
| list_episodes = List of The Wire episodes
}}
'''''The Wire''''' is an American [[Crime movie|crime drama]] [[Television show|television series]] created by former reporter [[David Simon (writer)|David Simon]]. It is set and produced in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. The series began airing on the [[premium television|premium]] [[cable television|cable network]] [[Home Box Office|HBO]] on June 2, 2002 and ended March 9, 2008. It had 60 episodes in five seasons.
The characters are divided into six groups: the [[law]], the [[politician]]s, the [[illegal drug trade|street]], the [[school]]s, the docks, and the [[journalist|paper]].
==References==
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[[Category:2002 American television series debuts]]
[[Category:2008 American television series endings]]
[[Category:HBO television series]]
[[Category:HBO television series]]
[[Category:English-language television programs]]
[[Category:2000s American drama television series]]
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