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The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by American author and former police reporter David Simon for the cable network HBO. The series premiered on June 2, 2002, and ended on March 9, 2008, comprising 60 episodes over five seasons. The idea for the show started out as a police drama loosely based on the…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| The Wire | Country of origin | United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Created by | David Simon | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Ending theme | "The Fall" by Blake Leyh | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Executive producers | David Simon | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Executive producers | Robert F. Colesberry | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Executive producers | Nina Kostroff Noble | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Genre | Crime drama | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Genre | Police procedural | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Genre | Serial drama | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Genre | Political drama | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Genre | Tragedy | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Network | HBO | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | No. of episodes | 60 (list of episodes) | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | No. of seasons | 5 | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Opening theme | "Way Down in the Hole" by The Blind Boys of Alabama (season 1) | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Opening theme | Tom Waits (season 2) | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Opening theme | The Neville Brothers (season 3) | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Opening theme | DoMaJe (season 4) | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Opening theme | Steve Earle (season 5) | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Original language | English | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Producers | Karen L. Thorson | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Producers | Ed Burns | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Producers | Joe Chappelle | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Producers | George Pelecanos | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Producers | Eric Overmyer | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Production companies | Blown Deadline Productions | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Production companies | HBO Entertainment | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Production locations | Baltimore, Maryland | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Release | June 2, 2002 (2002-06-02) – March 9, 2008 (2008-03-09) | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Wire | Running time | 55–93 minutes | 1.00 | infobox |
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