The Wire

Emmys

Never Won an Emmy: The Good Place, Hannibal, The Wire, Halt and Catch Fire and 21 Other Great, Snubbed Shows

By Dave Nemetz and Rebecca Iannucci / September 16 2021, 2:30 PM PDT

The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards will be handed out on Sunday evening, and if history is any indication, plenty of excellent series will go home undeservedly empty-handed. READ MORE & VIEW PHOTOS

Michael K. Williams Remembered by The Wire Co-Star Wendell Pierce as 'Always Truthful, Never Inauthentic'

By Matt Webb Mitovich / September 6 2021, 2:57 PM PDT

Wendell Pierce has paid heartfelt tribute to The Wire co-star Michael K. Williams, who on Monday was found dead at the age of 54. READ MORE & REWATCH BENCH SCENE

Michael K. Williams, of The Wire and Lovecraft Country, Dead at 54

By Matt Webb Mitovich / September 6 2021, 1:38 PM PDT

Michael K. Williams of The Wire fame was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment on Monday. He was 54. READ MORE

David Makes Man's Kwame Patterson Talks Leaving Snowfall, Weighs in on The Wire Debate

By Mekeisha Madden Toby / July 11 2021, 2:00 PM PDT

Kwame Patterson auditioned for two separate roles on Snowfall and didn’t get either. READ MORE

Post Mortems

Bosch's Jerry Has Binged The Wire?! Jamie Hector Reacts to the Final Season Premiere's Very Meta Reveal

By Matt Webb Mitovich / June 25 2021, 7:15 AM PDT

As Bosch set out to crack its final batch of cases, the Amazon Prime series took a moment to have a bit of very meta fun, by establishing that Detective Jerry Edgar is a big fan of The Wire, the HBO crime drama on which cast member Jamie Hector READ MORE

Michael Hyatt Weighs in on the Snowfall vs. The Wire Debate, Proving She's the Only One Who Should

By Mekeisha Madden Toby / April 18 2021, 4:00 PM PDT

The ongoing social media debate about which urban crime drama is better — Snowfall or The Wire — is happening in large part because the former is arguably enjoying its best season to date. READ MORE

HBO Is Streaming for Free The Wire, Sopranos, Six Feet Under and Others

By Matt Webb Mitovich / April 2 2020, 1:20 PM PDT

HBO is inviting those adhering to #StayHome quarantine guidelines to “#StayHomeBoxOffice,” by streaming, for free, a variety of the premium cabler’s programming. READ MORE

March BADness: The Sopranos vs. Deadwood! Prison Break vs. The Wire!

By Michael Slezak / March 17 2016, 5:32 PM PDT

TV, TV, on the wall… who’s the baddest of them all?

That’s the question at the heart of TVLine’s March BADness Bracket Tournament, READ MORE & VOTE

Commentary

TVLine's Resolutions for 2016: A Date With The Wire, Gilmore and Chill, Adios Izzie and More Hopes for the New Year

By Kimberly Roots, Michael Ausiello, Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Rebecca Iannucci and Michael Slezak / December 31 2015, 11:16 AM PST

The dawning of a new year holds the possibility of such promise. Just think: In the next 12 months, you can lose weight, get organized and finally finish that novel you’ve been working on!

Or… you can make like the TVLine staff, hunker down in front of the TV and get cracking on READ MORE & VIEW PHOTOS

TVLine Mixtape

TVLine Mixtape, Joe Cocker Edition: Songs From Wonder Years, ER and More

By Kimberly Roots / December 22 2014, 3:50 PM PST

Whaaaaat would you dooooo… if I suddenly started singing the theme song to The Wonder Years? You’d probably start hearing Joe Cocker’s cover of “With a Little Help From My Friends” in your head — and with good reason. That song is good. READ MORE & VIEW PHOTOS

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