![]() ![]() Jordan, to name a couple), and later be considered by many to be the greatest television show of all time.Īhead of the 20 th anniversary, HBO is once again returning to Baltimore-a coincidence, though, likely due to disruptions during Covid-19 than any nostalgic play by the network-with The Wire alumni David Simon (writer and creator) and George Pelecanos (writer and producer).īased on the book “We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption” by former Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, We Own This City finds a more modernized Baltimore police force than its fictional predecessor-a force now replete with all kinds of digital surveillance equipment-but one still facing the same administrative burdens, the same flawed policing tactics, the same incentives for everything less than superb police work. Two decades ago, in June 2002, HBO premiered The Wire, a crime drama that would go on to include four more seasons, introduce TV audiences to some of today’s biggest actors ( Idris Elba, Michael B. ![]()
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