<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The Wire </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Intertitle from season 2 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Crime drama </Li> <Li> Serial drama </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Created by </Th> <Td> David Simon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Starring </Th> <Td> see List of The Wire characters </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Theme music composer </Th> <Td> Tom Waits </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Opening theme </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> "Way Down in the Hole" by The Blind Boys of Alabama (season 1) </Li> <Li> Tom Waits (season 2) </Li> <Li> The Neville Brothers (season 3) </Li> <Li> DoMaJe (season 4) </Li> <Li> Steve Earle (season 5) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ending theme </Th> <Td> "The Fall" by Blake Leyh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country of origin </Th> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original language (s) </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No. of seasons </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No. of episodes </Th> <Td> 60 (list of episodes) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Production </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Executive producer (s) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> David Simon </Li> <Li> Robert F. Colesberry </Li> <Li> Nina Kostroff Noble </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Karen L. Thorson </Li> <Li> Ed Burns </Li> <Li> Joe Chappelle </Li> <Li> George Pelecanos </Li> <Li> Eric Overmyer </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location (s) </Th> <Td> Baltimore, Maryland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Camera setup </Th> <Td> Single - camera </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Running time </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 55--60 minutes </Li> <Li> 93 minutes (series finale) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Production company (s) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Blown Deadline Productions </Li> <Li> HBO </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Distributor </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Warner Bros. Television </Li> <Li> HBO Enterprises </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Release </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original network </Th> <Td> HBO </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Picture format </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 480i (4: 3 SDTV) (original broadcast) </Li> <Li> 1080p (16: 9 HDTV) (2014 remaster) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Audio format </Th> <Td> Dolby Digital 5.1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> June 2, 2002 (2002 - 06 - 02)--March 9, 2008 (2008 - 03 - 09) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The Wire </Th> </Tr>

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