Acclaimed TV series "The Wire" back, bleak as ever
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Critics call it the best show on  American television, but "The Wire" always seems to have to  fight for its life -- few people watch it and it often  depresses those that do.
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Television critics have lavished  praise on HBO's urban drama "The Wire" and the show has earned  the prestigious Peabody Award. But one endorsement stands out  above all for co-star Wendell Pierce.
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Television networks are learning a harsh lesson in reality -- too many reality shows are a turn-off for viewers.
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The reality soap opera "Starting Over" may sometimes seem like the sanest show on television, but in its second season is already not as good as it used to be.
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Brad Grey, an outsider from the world of television, steers a fabled studio through tough times.
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Politically charged drama, comedy, and reality fare is coming to network and cable TV.
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The HBO show about Mafia boss Tony Soprano and his unhappy mob families has been a critical favorite since its debut in 1999. Every year it&#39;s been nominated for best drama, however, it&#39;s lost
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When a big awards show goes starless, the result is something more dire than bad TV, writes Richard Corliss
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HBO's "The Wire," which opened its fifth season Sunday, has gotten little recognition in Tinseltown. Executive producer David Simon says that's fine with him.
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LOS ANGELES Sept. 20, 2004 - When cable channel HBO tried to woo the Emmy Awards away two years ago, the networks fought back and won.
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In the opening episode of the new season of "The Wire," a middle school administrative aide can't get a dysfunctional buzzer to admit a frustrated visitor through the school's main entrance.
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Television critics have lavished  praise on HBO's urban drama "The Wire," and the show has earned  the prestigious Peabody Award. But one endorsement stands out  above all for co-star Wendell Pierce.
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Following mountains of critical praise that have called it perhaps the best work ever produced for television, HBO has renewed "The Wire" for a fifth season.  The novelistic drama about cops, drug dealers and the people caught in between in Baltimore began its fourth season on Sunday.
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The mid-scene blackout that brought the final episode of "The Sopranos" to an abrupt, ambiguous halt on Sunday night left many viewers dismayed and even convinced they had lost their cable TV reception.
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LOS ANGELES  - The Comedy Central  late-night series "Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn" has likely  reached the end of its run.
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Television critics have lavished praise on HBO's urban drama "The Wire," and the show has earned the prestigious Peabody Award. But one endorsement stands out above all for co-star Wendell Pierce.
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The series &quot;Side Order  of Life&quot; feels like it has the potential to be the finest  original production this long-sappy, formula-driven network has  ever done, heralding a new quality that serves notice it ain&#39;t  your mama&#39;s Lifetime anymore.