The Wire

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American television series crime drama television series television series

The Wire is a critically acclaimed American crime drama television series that explores the interconnected institutions and social issues of Baltimore through the perspectives of law enforcement, drug dealers, politicians, and residents.

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TV series "The Wire" 2
The Wire Season 1 1
The Wire Season 2 1

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instanceOf American television series ⓘ
crime drama television series ⓘ
television series ⓘ
composer Blake Leyh ⓘ
Tom Waits ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator David Simon ⓘ
developer David Simon ⓘ
distributor HBO ⓘ
executiveProducer David Simon ⓘ
Nina K. Noble ⓘ
Robert F. Colesberry NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland
firstAired 2002-06-02 ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
serial drama ⓘ
hasSeason The Wire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Wire Season 1

The Wire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Wire Season 2

The Wire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Wire Season 3

The Wire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Wire Season 4

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surface form: The Wire Season 5
lastAired 2008-03-09 ⓘ
mainCharacter Avon Barksdale ⓘ
Bubbles ⓘ
Bunk Moreland ⓘ
Cedric Daniels ⓘ
Jimmy McNulty ⓘ
Kima Greggs ⓘ
Lester Freamon ⓘ
Omar Little ⓘ
Stringer Bell ⓘ
notableFor realistic depiction of urban life ⓘ
social commentary on American institutions ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 60 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 5 ⓘ
openingTheme Way Down in the Hole ⓘ
openingThemePerformer Domaje ⓘ
Steve Earle ⓘ
The Blind Boys of Alabama ⓘ
The Neville Brothers ⓘ
Tom Waits ⓘ
originalChannel HBO ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork HBO ⓘ
originalRunPeriod 2002–2008 ⓘ
portrays drug trade in Baltimore ⓘ
law enforcement in Baltimore ⓘ
politics in Baltimore ⓘ
print journalism in Baltimore ⓘ
public education in Baltimore ⓘ
primaryLocation Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland
producer Nina K. Noble ⓘ
productionCompany Blown Deadline Productions ⓘ
HBO ⓘ
setting Baltimore ⓘ

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Stringer Bell → appearsIn → The Wire ⓘ
Aidan Gillen → characterIn → The Wire ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wire universe
this entity surface form: The Wire season 1
The Wire → hasSeason → The Wire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wire Season 1
The Wire → hasSeason → The Wire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wire Season 2
The Wire → hasSeason → The Wire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wire Season 3
The Wire → hasSeason → The Wire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wire Season 4
The Wire → hasSeason → The Wire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wire Season 5
Hill Street Blues → influenced → The Wire ⓘ
this entity surface form: TV series "The Wire"
Aidan Gillen → notableWork → The Wire ⓘ
Dennis Lehane → notableWork → The Wire ⓘ
HBO → notableWork → The Wire ⓘ
Idris Elba → notableWork → The Wire ⓘ
Lance Reddick → notableWork → The Wire ⓘ
Michael B. Jordan → notableWork → The Wire ⓘ
Wendell Pierce → notableWork → The Wire ⓘ
Wendell Pierce → participatedIn → The Wire ⓘ
Method Man → televisionWork → The Wire ⓘ
this entity surface form: TV series "The Wire"