The Wire

#8 in the all-time ranking · #5 among series

0 Emmy wins · 2 nominations

Age rating

TV-MA

Episode runtime

1h 34m

The Wire is rated TV-MA; episodes run about 1h 34m.

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.

Streaming in Switzerland: HBO Max