The Wire

The Wire is an American crime drama television series created by former reporter David Simon. It is set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland. The series began airing on the premium cable network HBO on June 2, 2002 and ended March 9, 2008. It had 60 episodes in five seasons.

The Wire
Genre	Crime drama Serial drama Tragedy[1][2]
Created by	David Simon
Starring	Dominic West John Doman Idris Elba Frankie Faison Larry 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	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	60 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	David Simon Robert F. Colesberry Nina Kostroff Noble
Producers	Karen L. Thorson Ed Burns Joe Chappelle George Pelecanos Eric Overmyer
Production locations	Baltimore, Maryland
Running time	55–60 minutes 93 minutes (series finale)
Production companies	Blown Deadline Productions HBO Entertainment
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	June 2, 2002 (2002-06-02) – March 9, 2008 (2008-03-09)

The characters are divided into six groups: the law, the politicians, the street, the schools, the docks, and the paper.