The Wire

Is Hollywod Narrative Dead?

Source: recordpreserveshare (WordPress)

If Hollywood storytelling is in danger, we are arguably seeing an opposing trend in television narrative. Thanks to innovative TV shows like The Sopranos, The Wire and Damages - which demand audience attention - there has been an increase in complex narrative structure and subject...

Published Thu, Nov 27

'The Shield' finale a tightly kept secret

Source: Arizona Daily Star

 AZ - The difference: "The Sopranos" and "The Wire" aired on subscription channel HBO. "The Shield" brought drama of premium-channel quality to basic-cable ...

Published Mon, Nov 24

Swamps in My Blood | Cracked Window

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I’ve enjoyed HBO’s True Blood, especially the lead vampire character Bill, though it’s not in the same league as The Wire, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, or The Sopranos. But the opening montage — a foreboding mix of lust, religion, ...

Published Mon, Nov 24

I'm okay, you're dead inside: Turning off the tap

Source: I'm okay, you're dead inside

I hung on after The Sopranos because of The Wire. And then I stayed for Generation Kill and True Blood. But now that True Blood is gone, I'm turning off my HBO for the time being. The economy, she is bad and I'm trying to save money. ...

Published Mon, Nov 24

i guess i'm floating: IGIF Presents: Show Tunes: The Best TV Theme ...

Source: i guess i'm floating

The Wire - [2002] .... After establishing the characters early in the season, the plot began to grow exponentially and the show is currently slated to be HBO's third most watched series behind The Sopranos and Sex and the City. ...

Published Mon, Nov 24

FX keeps finale of The Shield a secret until tomorrow

Source: Providence Journal

 RI - The difference: The Sopranos and The Wire aired on subscription channel HBO. The Shield brought drama of premium-channel quality to basic-cable subscribers. ...

Published Fri, Nov 21

Pilot School

Source: MetaFilter

A nice collection of teevee show pilot scripts. Observe the embryonic state of many of the classics of the past few decades, including Buffy, The Wire, Hill Street Blues, Battlestar Galactica, The Sopranos and The West Wing.

Published Fri, Nov 21

AudioPorn Central: Will the Anthony Kiedis HBO series be the next ...

Source: AudioPorn Central

Sometimes as a reporter you come across a story that makes your heart dance, as mine did this morning when I discovered that HBO, the channel behind The Wire, The Sopranos and Six Feet Under are developing a series based...

Published Fri, Nov 21