The Wire

Known best for his portrayal of Omar, a stern-faced stick-up man with a strict moral compass on The Wire, Michael…

The mightier the villain does not always mean the mightier the hero. Here are 26 fictional characters who met their…

At some point in the life cycle of any true-crime podcast, the hosts inevitably experience “murder fatigue” and need…

Cruelly destroying our last excuse for not having watched all of Barry at last—thanks a lot, guys, now we’re going…

Writer, producer, and former The Baltimore Sun crime reporter David Simon spent most of the 21st century’s first…

Everyone knows that Charles Lindbergh was a famous aviator, but what everyone might not know is that he was also an…

This week’s question comes from A.V. Club assistant editor Alex McLevy:

Isiah Whitlock Jr.’s career in Hollywood spans four decades, with over 100 IMDB credits including roles in Spike…

“Where’s Wallace?” might be one of the most memorable quotes to come out of HBO’s cult series The Wire, which sought…

Sure, Dominic West’s accent was as inconsistent as a plate of fried lake trout, but it’s hard to imagine anyone else…

As of today, Jonathan Abrams’ highly anticipated oral history of one of TV’s most lauded series, HBO’s The Wire, is…

There’s a section of Jonathan Abrams’ All The Pieces Matter: The Inside Story Of The Wire about the…

Actor Reg Cathey, whose prolific career spanned everything from The Mask and Tank Girl all the way through some of…

Last week, we asked you about a TV theme song you liked despite disliking the show itself. This week, we’re asking…

In the wake of 9/11, television—like the rest of America—didn’t know what to do with itself. There were its…

Apparently HBO Now subscribers aren’t taking sufficient advantage of their access to the network’s impressive—if…

We know how much you love The Wire, you know how much we love The Wire—everybody here loves The Wire, okay? Which is…

Not long after Donald Trump declared war on the media, CNN’s picked up the gauntlet, firing back against the…

Although he’s been acting since 1996, Michael K. Williams’ career is largely synonymous with a single character: The…

This week, we continue our look back at the year that was (a shitshow). After last week’s exploration of the…