The Wire

A 'Stargate Universe' producer takes issue with criticism of the show. Here's my response

source: The Watcher

I'm not expecting "flawless people, square-jawed heroes, and stories that set up and deliver all the answers over the course of a forty-five minute episode," to use executive producer Joseph Mallozzi's recent warning to fans. I'm expecting an hour of TV that pulls me in and entertains me...

Published Sun, Nov 8

THE AVON BARKSDALE STORY-LEGENDS OF THE UNWIRED

source: spizzyblog.com

E1 MUSIC ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF DVD “AVON BARKSDALE STORY – LEGENDS OF THE UNWIRED” IN MARCH 2010 Barksdale says he consulted David Simon, the creator of The Wire, during the early filming of the highly successful mini-series. He says, “The Wire was one long commercial for this!”

Published Thu, Oct 29

David Simon on Creating The Wire

source: sasquatchradio (WordPress)

The Wire is probably the best television show ever made and it deserves as much publicity as possible for its overall quality and the message it achieves. If Simon’s retrospective on creating The Wire reminds others who have watched it to tell their friends or even gets new watchers on boar...

Published Wed, Oct 21

David Simon on why he created The Wire - Times Online

source: outsidetheboxuk (WordPress)

I don’t always agree with the critics, especially the ones who cast their eyes on television. I don’t always agree with the critics, especially the ones who cast their eyes on television.

Published Tue, Oct 20

Friday, September 25th, 2009

source: Laurel's TV Picks

Melinda gives birth to a baby boy in the season premiere of Ghost Whisperer (CBS, 7pm). The episode was directed by series star (and executive producer) Jennifer Love Hewitt. Episodes of the classic series The Prisoner (IFC, 7pm – 10pm) are airing on Friday nights on IFC. Three more episodes...

Published Fri, Sep 25

The Corner

source: futuresandpasts (WordPress)

Before David Simon and Ed Burns made The Wire– they wrote The Corner. Its brilliant, of course. And it shares many themes with The Wire. But its also more focused then The Wire. The 600 pages of The Corner focus on a year in the life of a handful of real people who lived near the corners of Fayette and...

Published Tue, Sep 22

Treme: Life on the Banquette

source: toulousestreet (WordPress)

For those of us who have suffered through the gumbo parties of “K-Ville” and Dennis Quaid’s insufferable Cajun accent in “The Big Easy” (and bog knows I could go on), this is a promising moment. David Simon is a former journalist whose book “Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets” became “H...

Published Thu, Sep 17

Highest Video Rec: The Wire

source: beemsville (WordPress)

The Wire is set in the hard-working city of Baltimore, a city Producer David Simon knows well.  Each season deals with a different facet of the drug-dealing standoff between the criminals and the coppers, with recurring characters, minor and major to follow throughout.  Season 1 was firm...

Published Wed, Sep 16