The Wire
audiovisual digital
television
tv series
major
Lifetime Path
planned
Creators
- David Simon, creator
- Ed Burns, creator
Canon Rationale
A major long-form television drama, included for institutional critique, urban sociology, serial structure, police and labor systems, and television-as-novel reception.
Path
Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 60.
Evidence
- handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'The Wire'.
- prize: The Peabody Awards, 'The Wire'.
Audit Flags
version dependency
Completion unit: watch a defined selected-season or selected-episode unit until the full television-series policy is fixed.