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Posted Thursday 8/06/20 at 3:44AM EDT
Read an oral history of The Wire's "Game Day" episode
"Baltimore’s illegal activity (for the afternoon of Episode 9) was on a kind of TV timeout," Kelley L.
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Posted Thursday 6/11/20 at 4:52AM EDT
Wendell Pierce: The Wire is a "precursor" to police brutality controversy: "An indicator, a warning light, of the implosion we are feeling today"
Responding to a Hollywood Reporter TV critics' debate on TV police portrayals that said The Wire cops had "heroic gloss"...
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Posted Saturday 6/06/20 at 5:40AM EDT
Shut down cop shows!: Hollywood is addicted to portraying police as more effective than they are in real life
"For a century, Hollywood has been collaborating with police departments, telling stories that whitewash police shootings and valorizing an action-hero...
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Posted Wednesday 6/03/20 at 8:50AM EDT
Jimmy Kimmel confronts his own white privilege, admitting it's "easy to get defensive" when the phrase comes up
Kimmel said the first time he heard the phrase white privilege, he was defensive, too.
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Posted Saturday 4/18/20 at 4:08AM EDT
David Simon is "a little bit amused" that The Wire is being talked about now amid new episodes of The Plot Against America
The Wire once again appears to be all the rage amid the pandemic.
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HBO offering 500 hours of free programming, including The Sopranos, The Wire, Veep and Succession
Starting Friday, HBO will launch the #StayHomeBoxOffice initiative to get people to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Posted Saturday 3/28/20 at 4:47AM EDT
David Simon is celebrated for The Wire, but it's possible his shows in the 2010s eclipses what came before
"This April 11th marks the 10th anniversary of the premiere of Treme, the New Orleans-set ensemble drama that Simon co-created...
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Posted Wednesday 3/25/20 at 1:41PM EDT
The Ringer is launching a The Wire rewatch podcast hosted by Jemele Hill and Van Lathan
ESPN alum Hill and TMZ vet Lathan will delve into each episode of the acclaimed HBO series in the podcast...
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Posted Tuesday 3/24/20 at 7:49PM EDT
HBO Now streaming jumps 40% amid coronavirus quarantines
HBO Now said its documentary Ebola: The Doctor's Story has more than seven times its typical viewership since March 14.
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Posted Friday 3/06/20 at 3:22AM EST
Alex Garland's Devs is an ambitious kind of bad TV
"Any taxonomy of television would need an entire kingdom just for bad TV," says Willa Paskin.
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Posted Sunday 2/09/20 at 3:30AM EST
Netflix's Paradise PD announces Season 2 premiere date by channeling The Wire
The Wire alum Lance Reddick guests as "Agent Clappers" in the adult animated series, which returns March 6.
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Posted Tuesday 11/19/19 at 11:05AM EST
The Wire cast and crew will reunite for the American Black Film Festival, hosted by Deon Cole
The Black-ish star will helm the fourth annual awards ceremony, which will honor HBO's The Wire with the Classic Television...
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Posted Saturday 11/09/19 at 2:01AM EST
Lance Reddick says he feels "fortunate" to have been part of The Wire, even if it led to some typecasting
"You know, it’s an iconic piece of history and I feel very fortunate and proud of the work we did...
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Posted Friday 10/18/19 at 3:00AM EDT
Stop comparing Power to The Wire!
Both are great shows, but they are not in the same league, says D.
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Posted Monday 9/16/19 at 4:34PM EDT
The Wire alum Chris Clanton wanted by police after escaping custody
Clanton, who played Barksdale enforcer Savino Bratton on the HBO series, was arrested last Thursday for violating a protective order.