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The 20 Best TV Shows of the Decade (2000-2009)

By Josh Jackson on 7:00 AM on November 4, 2009

This list of 20 phenomenal TV shows from 2000-2009 reinforces our belief that the young millennium has launched a new Golden Age of Television.  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

Harvard Offers Sociology Course on The Wire

By Emily Riemer on 11:30 AM on November 3, 2009

A Harvard professor is creating a course about HBO’s acclaimed series The Wire....  read more

Found in: TV, News

The Wire's McNulty Makes Cameo on Eminem's Relapse

By Gray Chapman on 9:56 AM on May 12, 2009

Fans of David Simon's critically acclaimed drama series may do a double take when they first listen to the new album from Eminem....  read more

Found in: Movies, News

HBO Greenlights David Simon's Post-Katrina NOLA Series

By Gray Chapman on 10:50 AM on May 7, 2009

A drama series that follows the lives of musicians living in post-Katrina New Orleans is set for a Fall debut on HBO, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show is the brainchild of The Wire co-creator David Simon. ...  read more

Found in: Movies, News

The Wire: The Complete Series

By Stephen M. Deusner on 9:00 AM on December 8, 2008

My only real complaint about HBO’s full-series box set...  read more

Found in: Movies, Reviews

Oz and The Wire creators pen Lincoln miniseries for HBO

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 3:33 PM on September 19, 2008

Pleased that it could turn the story of a curmudgeonly political stalwart into the year’s hottest miniseries with John Adams, HBO is sizing up the search for Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth as a new miniseries. And they’re getting right to it: The network has brought on veterans David Simon and Tom Fontana to write and produce....  read more

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Wire creator examines Iraq war with Generation Kill

By Henry Freedland on 2:03 PM on June 18, 2008

Some advice for all those who were worried: After the five-season inner-city chronicle of Baltimore that was HBO's The Wire, show mastermind David Simon will not be abandoning his writing-producing leanings any time soon. So stop complaining about how the best show on TV is gone forever. Renew your cable subscription. Get ready for more gritty journalistic truths....  read more

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