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  1. obits
    Seitz on The Wire’s Robert Chew, a.k.a. Prop Joe, Dead at 52Rest in peace.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  2. What If Breaking Bad Were Shot Like The Wire?Everyone’s talking about this show mash-up!
    By Eliot Glazer
  3. in the picture
    What TV Showrunners’ Cameos Say About Their ShowsDan Harmon on Community, Matt Groening in Futurama, Carl Reiner on The Dick Van Dyke Show, and more.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  4. is this thing on
    Who Else Was Eavesdropping on Carrie and Brody?Turns out it was a party line, with Lester Freamon, the Sneakers gang, and more all giving a listen.
    By Jake Moore
  5. seitz asks
    Seitz Asks: HBO Is Forty. What Are Its Greatest Shows, Movies, and Specials?Upon its 40th anniversary, our TV critic looks back at the cable network’s greatest achievements.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  6. Finally, a The Wire–Inspired Game of Thrones–Style CrestAll hail Omar!
    By Eliot Glazer
  7. the wire
    What If The Wire Were an 8-Bit RPG Video Game?More importantly, how do you get a 1-up?
    By Eliot Glazer
  8. a special mix
    Michael K. Williams Reveals His Omar MixIt’s an hour long and he listened to it constantly while filming The Wire.
    By Hua Hsu
  9. tv
    Magic Mike: Michael K. Williams’s Disappearing ActThe Boardwalk Empire star’s post-Omar Williamsburg life.
    By Hua Hsu
  10. the wire
    Watch a Lego Version of The WireBaltimore looks gorgeous!
    By Eliot Glazer
  11. emmys 2012
    Showrunner Survey: Homeland’s Alex GansaWho’d make a great Idol judge?
    By Josef Adalian and Denise Martin
  12. the vulture transcript
    Idris Elba on Prometheus, Learning to Box, and His Party House The address, 7 Wallace, is his D.J. name. How gangster.
    By Jada Yuan
  13. real talk
    David Simon Enjoyed the Wire Musical“Someone hand me a burner and Sondheim’s number.”
    By Kyle Buchanan
  14. ‘The Wire: The Musical’ Is Fun for the Whole Crime Family In the immortal words of Detective Kima Greggs, “If I hear the music, I’m gonna dance.” And boy can they dance! Except for Snoop. She won’t […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  15. singing
    The Wire: The Musical Spoof: Michael K. Williams Is Really in ThisAnd Snoop, too.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  16. keeping track
    The Vulture Diaries: George Pelecanos’s Week in CultureThe inaugural edition of an occasional series in which famous people tell us how they spent their week in pop culture.
    By George Pelecanos
  17. sunday reads
    Sunday Reads: Talking Heads, Wire, and Sci-FiThings to focus on instead of working off that brunch.
    By Caroline Bankoff and Andre Tartar
  18. oral histories
    How to Kick Back Like the Cast of The WireIdris Elba knows how to party.
    By Margaret Lyons
  19. simon says
    David Simon Is Blogging NowDeep breaths, Wire fans.
    By Margaret Lyons
  20. essays
    The Sum and the Parts: In Defense of TV RecapsIn which our TV critic, Matt Zoller Seitz, tells you why recaps and overnight reviews are essential and good.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  21. simon says
    David Simon Semi-Apologizes for Obnoxious Times InterviewAmerica’s ultimate hipster offers a halfhearted explanation for his churlish remarks.
    By Jessica Grose
  22. drama derby
    The Greatest TV Drama of the Past 25 Years, the Finals: The Wire vs. The SopranosNew York Magazine TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz makes the final call.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  23. drama derby
    Finalists Revealed for the Greatest TV Drama Readers Poll: Vote for Breaking Bad vs. BuffyThe winners of the main Drama Derby — The Wire versus The Sopranos — will be announced on Monday.
    By Margaret Lyons
  24. drama derby
    The Greatest TV Drama of the Past 25 Years, Semifinals: Mad Men vs. The WireAMC’s boxer pitted against HBO’s brawler.
    By Chris Norris
  25. drama derby
    The Greatest TV Drama of the Past 25 Years, Round Two: The X-Files vs. The WireOne resurrected sci-fi TV, the other rewrote cop TV.
    By Marc Bernardin
  26. drama derby
    The Greatest TV Drama of the Past 25 Years, Round One: The Wire vs. My So-Called Life“You come at the king, you best not miss … “
    By Davy Rothbart
  27. drama derby
    What’s the Best TV Drama of the Last 25 Years?From Buffy to the Sopranos, sixteen dramas will vie for the title.
    By Brian Raftery
  28. the wire
    Hear Celebrated Intellectual Slavoj Žižek Give a Lecture About The WireNo explanation necessary.
    By Eliot Glazer
  29. politics
    Barack Obama’s Ongoing Omar Little FandomHe is right.
    By Margaret Lyons
  30. the wire
    See a Series of Windup Toys Based on Characters From The WireBaltimore’s finest, now in Happy Meal form!
    By Eliot Glazer
  31. The Best Frozen Moments from the 2012 Golden GlobesSofia Vergara making her Modern Family character look restrained, Nicole Kidman giving the stinkeye, and many many more glimpses of the audience.
    By Josh Wolk
  32. life imitates art
    A Guy Named Omar Little Was Arrested in Baltimore This WeekendBut not that Omar.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  33. tv
    Salman Rushdie Calls Game of Thrones ‘Well-Produced Trash’And disses ‘The Wire.’
    By Kyle Buchanan
  34. the wire
    Felicia ‘Snoop’ Pearson Pleads Guilty to Drug ChargeLife imitating art imitating life, etc.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  35. clickables
    Read a Smart, Slightly Obsessive Stringer Bell Quora DiscussionJoin them, if you are so inclined.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  36. clickables
    Watch iCarly’s Unexpected Wire ParodyHuh.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  37. tv
    David Simon: ‘You’re Gonna Die, and Everyone You Love and Care About Is Gonna Die’So in the mean time, watch ‘Treme.’
    By Margaret Lyons
  38. the wire
    Attorney General Eric Holder Wants Another Season of The WireJoin the club, Holder.
    By Margaret Lyons
  39. the wire
    Wire Alums Cast in OthelloFreamon and McNulty!
    By Margaret Lyons
  40. clickables
    Watch a Five-Minute Summary of The Wire, As Told by The Lion King“Things happen with Polish dock workers. It is largely irrelevant.”
    By Amanda Dobbins
  41. chat room
    Wendell Pierce: From Treme to Breaking DawnThe ‘Wire’ alum on his two upcoming projects.
    By Aileen Gallagher
  42. clickables
    Consider The Wire As Nineteenth-Century NovelThe Wire > Charles Dickens.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  43. television
    Snoop From The Wire Got Arrested for Selling DrugsDamn.
    By Amos Barshad
  44. multi-hyphenates
    Lieutenant Daniels From The Wire Has Released an Album“I left music school because I was in denial because I wanted to be a rock star.”
    By Amos Barshad
  45. public speaking
    David Simon Realizes That Joe Biden Is a Tough Act to FollowThe creator of ‘The Wire’ is forced to go immediately after the vice-president at a conference, and speaks to an empty room.
    By Avi Zenilman
  46. quiz
    Who Said It: Stringer Bell or John Luther?Idris Elba’s new show ‘Luther’ premiered last night, and he sounds familiar (more British and less cursing though).
    By Willa Paskin
  47. honors
    David Simon, 22 Others Officially Designated ‘Geniuses’Winning the $500,000 MacArthur Foundation “genius grants.”
    By Willa Paskin
  48. chat room
    Michael Kenneth Williams on Boardwalk Empire“Oh yeah. A lot of drinking, cursing, and killing.”
    By Lane Brown
  49. The Emmys Still Snubbing The WireWhy wasn’t David Mills in last night’s “In Memoriam” tribute?
    By Lane Brown
  50. the take
    The Wire Alumni Watch, Part IIWith new movies from Stringer Bell and Jimmy McNulty out this weekend, we take a look at the rest of the cast’s post-’Wire’ activities.
    By Amos Barshad
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