Ended · HBO · Premiered 2002 · 5 seasons so far · 60 episodes
The Wire has ended after 5 seasons.
The Wire has finished its run on HBO, wrapping up after 5 seasons and 60 episodes since 2002. It is listed as ended rather than cancelled, meaning it concluded as planned rather than being pulled mid-story.
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
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