The Wire

By Jonathan McCalmont My other pieces on The Wire:. The Wire Season 1 at Videovista. The Wire Season 2 at Videovista. The Wire Season 3 at Videovista. The Wire Season 5 at Videovista. A Field Report on Charlie Brooker interviewing David Simon at SFDiplomat.

 PA - Unless there's more overlap between devotees of HBO's "The Wire" and the CW's rich-teen show fan base than I'm aware of. "Honestly, I don't know how many ...

 NY - As Max, Michael Kostroff, the smarmy lawyer to drug kingpins on HBO's "The Wire," shines his comic badge of amorality without the arching eyebrows of Nathan ...

 United States - In another Baltimore angle, one of Gilchrist's tracks, "Assume the Position," even appears in the acclaimed HBO series "The Wire" and on the companion CD. ...

By Tempo For the first episode, Ryan trusted the vision of Johnson, an actor who’s both appeared in and directed episodes of “Homicide” and “The Wire,” but Ryan said he did have one request when the pilot was being shot. ...

By Susannah Boston Legal: "Roe V. Wade, The Musical" written by David E. Kelly & Susan Dickes (teleplay); David E. Kelly, Susan Dickes & Jill Goldsmith (story) The Wire: "Late Editions" written by George Pelecanos (teleplay); David Simon & George Pelecanos (story)

 CA - In lesser hands than The Wire creators David Simon and Ed Burns, the show could have become just another war story. The multitude of characters (which are ...

 OR - Much like the HBO series The Wire, The Shield has proven itself to be one of the best, most consistent quality shows on television. For fans of the series, ...

 OR - Given HBO’s rapid decline — with no more “Deadwood” or “Extras” or “The Wire,” the network is pretty much down to “Entourage” and the possibility of another ...

By Dan Buzz got a great interview out of the young actor Tristan Wilds on moving from The Wire’s Baltimore to 90210’s, well, 90210. (BuzzSugar) My favorite comedy, The Office will be returning in just a few short long weeks. I’m passing the time by watching season 4 on DVD. You can too. GMMR is giving aw...

By Tim McLeod Chris Ray, Baltimore, RP: Okay he’s probably not going to see any action this year, but he is the Orioles closer of both the past and the future. The Orioles have repeatedly said they have no interest in rushing Ray back into the Baltimore lineup, and are working towards a healthy return for S...

By The Huffington Post News Team On a personal level, I connect with "The Wire" and the character Bubbles, even though he was a heroin guy. David Simon is one of the few contemporary American writers who steps to addiction and recovery absent tropes with all of the ...

By Mr. Bryans I miss The Wire. All the characters came to be like real people whose lives I wanted to keep up with. From The Baltimore SunFelicia "Snoop" Pearson, the actress who played a cold-blooded killer of the same name on the HBO series The Wire, was arrested on minor drug charges yesterday after poli...

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 TX - This HBO series never got much love from the Emmy voters. Series-finale season five wasn’t any different. But critics loved it, and it had its share of ...

By Verna Actress from HBO hit 'The Wire' arrested Felicia "Snoop" Spearson was arrested for drug possession during the serving of a warrant at her Baltimore home. Prosecutors are saying the warrant was issued because she has not been cooperating ...

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 PA - Johnson's point is that "The Wire," created by former Sun police reporter David Simon, had transcended the crime genre to become an accurate, passionate, ...

By Tim McLeod Shin-Soo Choo, Cleveland, OF: Every time I see the name Shin-Soo Choo, it brings me back to that unbelievable 2004 season at Double-A San Antonio. Choo managed 15 homers, 84 RBI, and 40 — yes, 40 – stolen bases as a 21-year-old at Double-A. Injuries over the past three seasons have certainly t...

 United Kingdom - Formerly a scriptwriter for HBO's The Wire, Price nimbly captures the elisions of American ghetto-speak: "And now on? You don't even look at me. ...

 NY - Aug 15, 2008 Okay, The Wire's fifth and final season is now out on DVD ($59.99; HBO) and you've heard all the rave reviews. So what are you waiting for? ...

 CA - Aug 15, 2008 There are moments in McNulty's arc this season that feel more NBC than HBO, but David Simon, Ed Burns and the rest of the show's creative force redeem ...

The actor- director was a regular on NBC's 1980s Baltimore-set drama "Homicide: Life on the Street," which was based on a book by former Baltimore Sun police reporter David Simon. And on "The Wire," which Simon also created and set in ...

PopMatters  IL - The fifth and final season of HBO's "The Wire" came out on DVD Tuesday, and I couldn't be happier. I discovered this show relatively recently, and instantly ... The Wire: The Complete Fifth Season PopMatters all 2 news articles

 Tx - Created by David Simon, a white former newspaper reporter who brought us HBO's “The Corner” in 2000, “The Wire” displayed a rare, visionary insight into ...

By Melissa Starker The Wire: Season Five With the final season of David Simon's Baltimore drama for HBO now on disc for your viewing convenience, all the obvious excuses for not checking out one of the most critically acclaimed TV shows of the past decade ...

By Tim McLeod Jason Kubel, Minnesota, OF: Kubel is surprisingly owned by a mere 35 per cent of all teams playing in CBS leagues. He’s having a year many of us thought he was capable of with 16 homers and 58 RBI, and has particularly heated up in his last ten games, with three homers and ten RBI. Michael Cuddyer...

By Julie FRINGE Science Fiction Premieres Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. FOX Stars: Anna Torv (The Secret Life of Us), John Noble (24), Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek), Lance Reddick (The Wire), Kirk Acevedo (The Black Donnellys), Jasika Nicole, Mark Valley... FRINGE Science Fiction Premieres Tuesday,...

By Tim McLeod Melvin Mora, Baltimore, 3B: Since the break, Mora has been on fire. In the past month, he has hit five homers and driven in 25 while batting .310. He is also currently available in about 50 per cent of all leagues. If Mora is still sitting on waivers in your league add him. In deeper formats, ride the...

By Julie The scene inside the ballroom at the Beverly Hills Hilton last night for the 24th Annual Television Critics Association Awards had more Emmy nominees than, well, the Emmy's, and found the cast of AMC's critical darling Mad Men in... The scene inside the ballroom at the Beverly Hills Hilton l...

By Tim McLeod Fernando Tatis, New York Mets, OF: The Met outfield has been truly decimated by injuries this year. Currently, Moises Alou, Ryan Church, Angel Pagan, and the recently acquired Trot Nixon are all on the DL. Tatis has been playing in a full-time capacity since July 6, and has amassed an impres...

By Chris Serico Geez. Where's the acting love for Lance Riddick (Daniels), Clarke Johnson (Gus), Michael K. Williams (Omar) or Sonja Sohn (Kima)? The only rationale for no acting nominations I can think of is that so many talented "Wire" actors have split the vote over the last five seasons.

By Chris Serico After the break, some thoughts about the show's key plot points. (more…) Distorted by waves of heat rising from the scorched desert sand, five military vehicles in the distance roll in a single line before the four outer vehicles swerve toward the center, creating the illusion of one sing...

By STV Fine — except Wright didn't write the scripts. Or did he? And did Simon and Wire collaborator Ed Burns fudge his screenwriting credit on five episodes? According to one report, excerpted after the jump, Wright could be hatching a plan for the forthcoming Generation Kill: 50% More Evan Wri...

By Chris Serico As I mentioned in this post, my NetFlix queue has been booked for foreseeable future with the first four seasons of "The Wire." After years of being intimidated by the show's complex plots and myriad characters, I finally latched onto it in its fifth and final season. Upon my introduction to...

By alli That’s right; this joker Pinner is still a homicide detective. Maybe if he’d lost some sort of camera… In New Orleans, and in urban areas all over the country, there’s a creepy conflation of the Wireverse and reality. There is surely some local version of Avon Barksdale or Marlo running the I...

By Tempo Generation Kill," the latest offering from Ed Burns and David Simon, the men behind "The Wire," is a lot of things -- immediate, irreverent, thought-provoking, gripping. (My review of the seven-part miniseries will be posted soon, and there are "Generation Kill" video excerpts here.)

Masahide Kobayashi, Cleveland, RP: Way back in mid-May, we mentioned Kobayashi for the first time and made the observation that Manager Eric Wedge would be returning Joe Borowski to the closer role upon his return from the DL. But the larger question was for how long? How about until July 3...

With Tim McLeod off doing some male bonding (no, that doesn’t involve face paint and animal chants – at least, I hope not), the task of compiling this week’s Wire Troll falls to your faithful editor. Not to worry, though – the ever-diligent Tim sent me some suggestions for the week to help put...

By Tim McLeod Well I survived my travels south this past week and it’s now time to get back into the swing of things. Thanks to RotoRob for picking up the slack last week while I was enjoying some quality time with my auction league mates. We had tickets for a game last Saturday in Springfield, MO., home [...]

By MysterLynch(noreply@blogger.com) Best Drama: Boston Legal Damages Dexter Friday Night Lights Grey's Anatomy House Lost The Tudors The Wire I have to say I am thrilled to see both Dexter and The Wire on the list, as well as Damages. But can anyone tell me why Boston Legal is even being considered??

By rbalko@reason.com (Radley Balko) reason: This season of The Wire focuses pretty heavily on the media. What do you think the media does well when it comes to covering criminal justice issues, and what do you think it does poorly? reason: Slate’s media critic Jack Shafer has said that the media is at its absolute worst when cov...

By Nick Denton Devotees of The Wire, myself among them, should be delighted by this hint given by one of the HBO drama's actors. Dominic West, who plays the increasingly manic police detective, Jimmy McNulty, tells the Los Angeles Times some of his colleagues are lobbying David Simon for a movie spinoff...

By jason@kottke.org How are they going to wrap this up? I don't care what happens to Carcetti or McNulty or Freamon or Daniels and we're obviously going to get some sort of closure on either Omar or Marlo, but if they leave the Dukie, Bubs, and Michael threads significantly hanging, I'm gonna be pissed. (Predict...

By Rick Monaco In a mildly radical departure from traditional political values, I've decided to endorse Omar Little from "The Wire" as my choice for presidential candidate. Let me be clear about this: I'm not endorsing Michael Kenneth Williams, the actor who portrays Omar on the show, but rather the ch...

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By Tempo Speaking of “The Wire,” there’s an excellent piece in the Columbia Journalism Review that gives more background on creator David Simon’s history at the Sun and how that has informed his worldview and his show, which, in its last season, is spending time on story lines set at a fictional ve...

By Tempo It’ll be hard – probably impossible - for “The Wire” to top Season 4, which contained the show’s most moving stories yet; it chronicled the heartbreaking fates of four young boys in a grim neighborhood in Baltimore. But Season 5 is the end of the road for some of the most memorable characters...

Arts, Briefly  United States - “The Wire,” HBO’s urban drama, has won critical acclaim and honors including the prestigious Peabody Award. But one of its stars, Wendell Pierce, said, ...

With strike, it comes down to 'The Wire'   USA - By Chuck Barney "The Wire," one of television's best shows -- if not the very best -- returns to HBO for its fifth and final season on Jan. ... The Wire' loses spark in newsroom storyline Baltimore Sun Inside 'The Wire' Wall Street Journal

By Lukeio Avon Barksdale, accompanied by his right-hand man Stringer Bell, enforcer Wee-Bey and many lieutenants (including his own nephew, D'Angelo Barksdale), has to deal with law enforcement, informants in his own camp, and competition with a ...

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By Joop Avon Barksdale, accompanied by his right-hand man Stringer Bell, enforcer Wee-Bey and many lieutenants (including his own nephew, D'Angelo Barksdale), has to deal with law enforcement, informants in his own camp, and competition with a ...

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