Mar 8th, 2008 · The latest issue of Time magazine features a letter written by David Simon (creator of HBO's The Wire), actor Ed Burns and novelists George Pelecanos, Richard Price and Dennis Lehane. It protests current drug laws.
Mar 7th, 2008 · This weekend the finale of the critically acclaimed urban drama The Wire airs on HBO. For 'Youth Radio's' Orlando Campbell, the series reflects what life is like in the inner city.
Mar 7th, 2008 · HBO's award-winning show The Wire broadcasts its 60th and final episode on Sunday. The series chronicled life -- and death -- in Baltimore and focused on the failure of its major civic institutions, including the police, the school system and the news media.
Mar 6th, 2008 · David Simon, creator and executive producer of HBO's series The Wire, joins Fresh Air to talk about his career and the genesis of the show. Simon writes many of the episodes -- and some story lines come from his former job as a police reporter for the Baltimore Sun.
Mar 5th, 2008 · Novelist and screenwriter Richard Price discusses his new novel, Lush Life, about the repercussions of a shooting on the Lower East side. Price has written extensively about the realities of inner city life; he is a writer for HBO's The Wire which ends a five-year run on Sunday.
Dec 28th, 2007 · The final season of the HBO series The Wire, which dramatizes how real-world institutions and leaders repeatedly failed the people of Baltimore, gets underway Jan. 6. Creator David Simon is turning his critical eye on journalism, namely The Baltimore Sun.
Sep 7th, 2006 · The new season of the gritty police drama The Wire follows a group of students in the troubled Baltimore public-school system. Writer and producer Ed Burns says he hopes the harsh critique will educate audiences about inner-city kids -- and the choices they make.
Dec 20th, 2004 · The first season of the HBO TV series The Wire is now out on DVD. Critic John Powers has a review.