The Wire

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... Wikipedia

• Genre:  Crime drama, Police procedural, Serial drama, Political drama, Tragedy
• Created by:  David Simon
• Starring:  Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison, Lawrence Gilliard Jr, Wood Harris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Andre Royo, Sonja Sohn, Chris Bauer, Paul Ben-Victor, Clarke Peters, Amy Ryan, Aidan Gillen, Jim True-Frost, Robert Wisdom, Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi, J. D. Williams, Michael K. Williams, Corey Parker Robinson, Reg E. Cathey, Chad L. Coleman, Jamie Hector, Glynn Turman, Clark Johnson, Tom McCarthy, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Neal Huff, Jermaine Crawford, Tristan Wilds, Michael Kostroff, Michelle Paress, Isiah Whitlock Jr.
• Theme music composer:  Tom Waits
• Opening theme:  "Way Down in the Hole" by The Blind Boys of Alabama (season 1), Tom Waits (season 2), The Neville Brothers (season 3), DoMaJe (season 4), Steve Earle (season 5)
• Ending theme:  "The Fall" by Blake Leyh
• Country of origin:  United States
• Original language(s):  English
• No. of seasons:  5
• No. of episodes:  60
• Executive producer(s):  David Simon, Robert F. Colesberry, Nina Kostroff Noble
• Producer(s):  Karen L. Thorson, Ed Burns, Joe Chappelle, George Pelecanos, Eric Overmyer
• Location(s):  Baltimore, Maryland
• Running time:  55–60 minutes, 93 minutes (series finale)
• Production company(s):  Blown Deadline Productions, HBO Entertainment
• Original network:  HBO
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo