The Wire
2002
TV Show Information
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.
First Air Date
June 2, 2002
Creator
David Simon
Status
Ended
Episodes
5 Seasons (60 Episodes)
Cast
Dominic WestLance ReddickSonja SohnWendell PierceMichael Kenneth WilliamsDeirdre LovejoyAndre RoyoJohn DomanClarke PetersJamie Hector
Network
HBO
Production
Blown Deadline ProductionsHBO
Genres
CrimeDrama