The Wire

The Wire
The Wire
Genre	Crime drama; Serial drama; Tragedy[1][2];
Created by	David Simon
Starring	Dominic West; John Doman; Idris Elba; Frankie Faison; Larry Gilliard Jr.; Wood Harris; Deirdre Lovejoy; Wendell Pierce; Lance Reddick; Andre Royo; Sonja Sohn; Chris Bauer; Paul Ben-Victor; Clarke Peters; Amy Ryan; Aidan Gillen; Jim True-Frost; Robert Wisdom; Seth Gilliam; Domenick Lombardozzi; J. D. Williams; Michael K. Williams; Corey Parker Robinson; Reg E. Cathey; Chad L. Coleman; Jamie Hector; Glynn Turman; Clark Johnson; Tom McCarthy; Gbenga Akinnagbe; Neal Huff; Jermaine Crawford; Tristan Wilds; Michael Kostroff; Michelle Paress; Isiah Whitlock Jr.;
Theme music composer	Tom Waits
Opening theme	"Way Down in the Hole" by The Blind Boys of Alabama (season 1); Tom Waits (season 2); The Neville Brothers (season 3); DoMaJe (season 4); Steve Earle (season 5);
Ending theme	"The Fall" by Blake Leyh
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	60 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Simon; Robert F. Colesberry; Nina Kostroff Noble;
Producer(s)	Karen L. Thorson; Ed Burns; Joe Chappelle; George Pelecanos; Eric Overmyer;
Production location(s)	Baltimore, Maryland
Running time	55–60 minutes; 93 minutes (series finale);
Production company(s)	Blown Deadline Productions; HBO Entertainment;
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution; HBO Enterprises;
Release
Original network	HBO
Picture format	NTSC
Audio format	Surround sound
Original release	June 2, 2002 –; March 9, 2008
Other websites
	Website

The Wire is an American crime drama television series created by former reporter David Simon. It is set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland. The series began airing on the premium cable network HBO on June 2, 2002 and ended March 9, 2008. It had 60 episodes in five seasons.

The characters are divided into six groups: the law, the politicians, the street, the schools, the docks, and the paper.

References

"'The Wire': David Simon reflects on his modern Greek tragedy". Variety. March 8, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
Lynskey, Dorian (March 6, 2018). "The Wire, 10 years on: 'We tore the cover off a city and showed the American dream was dead'". The Guardian. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

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[1] "'The Wire': David Simon reflects on his modern Greek tragedy". Variety. March 8, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

[2] Lynskey, Dorian (March 6, 2018). "The Wire, 10 years on: 'We tore the cover off a city and showed the American dream was dead'". The Guardian. Retrieved January 28, 2019.