Archive for the "The Wire" Category

J/DB’s 12 Days of Lists – Day 1 – Best Shows of the Decade

I thought we needed something suitably big to cap off our 12 Days of Lists, so here you are! My criteria were simple, a) the show needed to have either exemplary quality or an aspect that altered the TV landscape, and b) it had to have started in the past decade. I preferred to put [...]

J/DB’s 12 Days of Lists – Day 12 – Influential Movements in TV 2000-2009

Well it’s that time of year again!  JDB’s 12 days of … something.  Last year we had fun counting the 12 ways Claire Bennett was related to Santa Clause.  If you weren’t with us last year, be sure to check that out.  But this year we decided to go with something we love here on [...]

JDB's List-O-Shocking-Deaths, pt I

There’s not that much in the way of showness news popping up, and coming up with postness for older series we’re watching can be difficult, so to break up the monotomy of posts on the same half-dozen shows this summer, we decided some lists were in order.
So here’s the first of our looks at what [...]

The Wire Hates Politics – Maybe

So my posting has taken a bit of a break due to various parties and hangings out with family and friends over the past week,  but now I’m back home and all settled, and ready to make a second post about The Wire (which is actually the topic my first post was supposed to be [...]

Summer Viewing: The Wire Season 1 – Modern Noir

A while ago DoubleBitch and I asked you guys for some ideas of shows we should watch over the summer. I chose The Wire and, holy crap do I love. This. Show! This next bit is gonna be a little convoluted as I lay down some layers of background RE: the loving, but hopefully you [...]

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