The Wire
Listen carefully.
86%
2002
5 Seasons
60 Episodes
Ended
CrimeDrama
86%(2802 votes)
Show Info
First Air Date
Jun 2, 2002
Last Air Date
Mar 9, 2008
Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
Seasons
5 seasons
Episodes
60 episodes
Networks
HBO
Production Companies
Blown Deadline Productions
HBO
Overview
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.