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Idris Elba 'Was Not Happy' When He Was Written Off The Wire
HBO's The Wire was released 20 years ago this week, and the cast and crew are taking time to remember...
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Posted Monday 4/25/22 at 11:45PM EDT
HBO's We Own This City is its own compelling story in limited series form, differing from The Wire in both intention and execution
"It is impossible to watch We Own This City without thinking of The Wire," says Jen Chaney of the HBO...
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Hein’s TV Picks: David Simon’s Baltimore Return Doesn’t Disappoint
Jon Hein knows TV.
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Recommended: We Own This City on HBO
We Own This City is a dramatization of the events surrounding a monstrous scandal that enveloped the Baltimore Police Department in 2017.
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TV Today: Better Things Says Goodbye, David Simon Returns to Baltimore in We Own This City
Five seasons and 50-plus episodes later, Pamela Adlon’s acclaimed comedy Better Things ends its run on FX.
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David Simon's The Wire glorified real-life detectives whose cases are falling apart
HBO's The Wire and NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street, based on Simon's 1991 book Homicide: A Year on the...
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Posted Thursday 11/18/21 at 2:50AM EST
David Simon had to fight for The Wire's final two seasons
Season 4 of The Wire is considered the best, while the final season, Season 5, is widely thought of as...
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Posted Thursday 9/23/21 at 2:57AM EDT
David Simon insists pulling his HBO Texas project out of the Lone Star state over its abortion ban is "not a political decision for us"
When a Twitter user pointed out to Simon that Texas' largest cities are run by Democrats, Simon responded: "Love Austin...
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Posted Tuesday 9/21/21 at 8:40PM EDT
David Simon is moving a Texas-set HBO project out of the Lone Star state because of its new abortion ban
"If an employer, this is beyond politics," Simon tweeted Monday.
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Posted Monday 9/13/21 at 11:16AM EDT
David Simon remembers Michael K. Williams: We had trouble casting Omar on The Wire until we remembered the actor with the "amazing scar"
The Wire creator tweeted that his New York Times tribute to Williams, who died a week ago at age 54,...
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The Wire's Michael K. Williams dies at 54
The Emmy-nominated actor best known for his role as The Wire's gay Baltimore stick-up man Omar Little, who robs street-level...
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Posted Tuesday 4/06/21 at 2:48AM EDT
The Wire's David Simon and Piers Morgan get into a Twitter fight
Simon responded to news of Morgan's Fox News interview with Tucker Carlson by tweeting: “In an ocean of talking-head sewage,...
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Posted Friday 3/05/21 at 2:51PM EST
The Wire's David Simon and George Pelecanos are returning to Baltimore for an HBO police corruption limited series
Simon and his longtime collaborator, crime writer Pelecanos, are adapting investigative journalist Justin Fenton's book We Own This City: A...
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Posted Tuesday 1/05/21 at 4:08AM EST
The Wire's David Simon to Georgia voters voting Democrat: "I will send you a personal apology for killing your favorite character"
Simon spent Sunday canvassing a six-block grid of Southwest Atlanta with former Wire star Gbenga Akinnagbe in support of Jon...
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Posted Friday 11/20/20 at 1:39PM EST
The Wire's David Simon proclaims himself "#DumbestTVProducerAlive" for killing off "Sexiest Man" winners Idris Elba and Michael B. Jordan
"I think it fair to note that I may well be the only writer-producer to launch the careers of two...