The Wire‘s fifth and final season is finally returning to Channel Nine.
The award-winning HBO drama will return to late nights in a 11:45pm am timeslot from Tuesday July 7. It was originally slated for May.
The episode “More with Less” screened in the US in January 2008.
Frequently praised as one of the best television series of all time, it is known for paralleling the war on terror through the war on drugs. Each season focuses on a different facet of the city of Baltimore.
Season 5 focuses on the media and media consumption at The Baltimore Sun. It looks at the media’s role in addressing – or failing to address – political, economic and social realities depicted over the course of the series. It dissects “what stories get told and what don’t and why it is that things stay the same.”
Meanwhile the ABC is also said to be acquiring re-screening rights to the drama, just as it purchased The West Wing, though no airdate is yet announced.
The best thing about the wire was that it spawned the best series of blog posts I’ve ever read.
The Wire is an excellent programme. It’s the best police drama ever made.
David, please remind us all again when it starts up in two weeks.
Love ya
Don’t break my heart again Channel Nine. I waited up late last time and got no Wire…
What a great timeslot.
Wow, first Curb, now then Wire… Far out Nine, best two moves all year.
I just watched The Wire for the first time Series 1-5 in about a month and wow, what a show. So good. Too good for TV, but at least Nine’s move is a start.
Best.
Show.
Ever.
Fact.
looking forward to this show, i have been waiting to see this for a long time, i also hope that channel 9 will also repeat it one day on their second SD channel after the Abc stops showing it, for anyone who hasnt watch the show, trust me its on of the best shows ever.