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Tag Archives: THE WIRE
Six things we learned today | Wednesday 13 August
1) Ausiello has the scoop on NCIS’s new team members. 2) High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens is being sued by her former business partner. 3) Brandon Young, who plays Baltimore Sun reporter Mike Fletcher in The Wire, is giving up … Continue reading
Pick of the Day | Monday 11 August
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video 8pm, CSI, Five US It’s an oldie but a goodie, as the team limber up for the annual Law Enforcement relay race (presumably this is the day when … Continue reading
The Wire | Episode 3: Not for Attribution
‘Do More with Less’ is the constant refrain of the bosses on The Baltimore Sun in Not for Attribution, the third episode of the fifth series of The Wire on FX. As experienced journalists prepare to clear their desks as … Continue reading
Seven things we learned today | Friday 8 August
1) Josh Holloway‘s got a rather freaky new look for his new movie Stay Cool. 2) Every season of Lost needs some fresh meat to drown/get shot/have their neck snapped by Sayid/get buried alive after a spider bite. Here’s news … Continue reading
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Tagged BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, DOLLHOUSE, FRINGE, LOST, The Shield, THE WIRE, TREME
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Pick of the Day | Monday 4 August
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video 7pm, Will & Grace, Living If you’re fed up with the endless reruns of Friends and Sex and the City, look away now – Will & Grace is … Continue reading
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Tagged GENERATION KILL, ONE TREE HILL, THE WIRE, WILL & GRACE, WILL AND GRACE
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Generation Kill | The new drama from the creators of The Wire
Here’s the trailer for gritty new drama Generation Kill, created by David Simon and Ed Burns, the men who brought you The Wire. The seven-part series, due to air early next year on FX, is based on a book by … Continue reading
TV Spylights | The pick of the week on TV Spy
We know you’re busy people and don’t always have time to check in what we’ve been up to here at TV Spy Towers, so we thought you might appreciate a quick snack-sized round-up of the best bits from the blog … Continue reading
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Tagged BREAKING BAD, CSI, CSI: MIAMI, David Caruso, DEXTER, Dharma Initiative, GOING POSTAL, HEROES, JUDGE JUDY, LOST, SPYLIGHTS, THE PRISONER, THE WIRE
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Three things we learned today | Friday 1 August
Pinch, punch first of the month, hereare today’s US TV news nibblets… 1) Shane West will be back as Dr Ray Barnett in the next series of ER. 2) There definitely won’t be a movie version of The Wire if … Continue reading
The Wire episode 2 | Unconfirmed Reports
For those in power, it was all about short-term gains rather than long-term solutions in Unconfirmed Reports, episode two of the fifth series of The Wire on FX last night. Executive Editor of The Baltimore Sun, James C Whiting III … Continue reading
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Tagged FX, James C Whiting III, Sam Freed, The Baltimore Sun, THE WIRE
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Pick of the Day | Monday 28 July
9pm, One Tree Hill, E4 After all last week’s shenanigans we find out what really happened to bring about the shock proposal, but Haley is less than convinced by Lucas’s commitment after witnessing that big smooch. Meanwhile Brook resorts to … Continue reading
What did you think of last night’s episode of The Wire?
“Do more with less” is the disheartening, belt-tightening advice from the editor of The Baltimore Sun to his senior staff in More With Less, the fabulous first episode of the fifth and final series of The Wire on FX last … Continue reading
Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | The first five minutes from tonight’s first episode
OK, look, it’s not as if we haven’t been banging on about this for days now. The fifth and final series of The Wire, aka the greatest TV drama ever made, starts tonight on FX at 10pm. It’s brilliant. You … Continue reading
Pick of the Day | Monday 21 July
8pm, Flash Gordon, Sci-Fi SERIES FINALE For those of you who have stuck by this remake the finale shouldn’t be a disappointment, as the Ming vs Mongo battle comes to a head and Flash finds his dad. That gives … Continue reading
Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | Who’s who in the new series
As you may already have gathered from our previous posts, we’re more than a little bit excited about the fact that the new series of The Wire is starting tonight on FX at 10pm. To help you get in the … Continue reading
Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | The prequels
I’ve always been a fan of a good back-story and this trio of cute little prequels, cooked up by HBO as part of the publicity campaign for the fifth series when it aired in America earlier this year, are a … Continue reading
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Tagged BUNK, COUNTDOWN TO THE WIRE, MCNULTY, OMAR, PREQUELS, PROPOSITION JOE, THE WIRE
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Eight things we learned today | Friday 18 July
1) The next series of Desperate Housewives will be set five years in the future. 2) Izzie’s dead fiance Denny Duquette, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, is returning to Grey’s Anatomy. 3) Wendell Pierce, aka the magnificent Bunk Moreland in … Continue reading
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Tagged BUNK, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, DIRTY SEXY MONEY, EMMYS, GREY'S ANATOMY, IZZIE, LOST, MAD MEN ITUNES, OCEANIC SIX, PUSHING DAISIES, THE WIRE, TREME
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Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | All hail The Wire’s No.1 fan, Mr Charlie Brooker
No man has done more to spread the word about The Wire than Charlie Brooker. The Guardian columnist and presenter of the superlative BBC4 TV review show Screenwipe has been championing the show for years now, fighting a one-man battle … Continue reading
Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | Those series-end montages in full
Yesterday, as part of our week of posts building up to the start of the fifth series of The Wire on FX next Monday, we posted about the different versions of the Tom Waits song Down in the Hole that … Continue reading
Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | A short clip from last night’s Culture Show interview with The Wire creator David Simon
Didn’t heed our advice yesterday and watch Lauren Laverne’s interview with The Wire creator David Simon on last night’s Culture Show? Well, here’s little clip to give you a taste of what you missed. The original programme is still available … Continue reading
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Tagged COUNTDOWN TO THE WIRE, DAVID SIMON, SERIES 5, THE CULTURE SHOW, THE WIRE
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Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | Which version of the opening credits is your favourite?
As regular viewers of The Wire will know, each season’s opening credits sequence features a different version of the Tom Waits song Way Down In The Hole. So which one is the best? They’re all pretty splendid, but me and … Continue reading
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Tagged COUNTDOWN TO THE WIRE, DOMAJE, FX, MUSIC, STEVE EARLE, THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, THE NEVILLE BROTHERS, THE WIRE, TOM WAITS
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