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10 TV Dramas With The Best Ensemble Casts

From Game of Thrones to Succession, these TV dramas succeeded in balancing big ensemble casts, giving many characters fascinating arcs.

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Every Season of The Wire, Ranked

The Wire is a series that covers many facets of crime and the people who stop it. But how does each season rank when compared with each other?

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10 Best Crime TV Shows Of The 21st Century (So Far)

The 21st Century has brought some of the greatest crime shows to TV and fans realize that it is a golden age for this genre on TV.

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10 Best Episodes of The Wire, Ranked

Thanks to its writing, cast, and raw portrayal of the effects drug wars have on communities, The Wire quickly became one of HBO's greatest series.

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10 Actors You Forgot Appeared In The Sopranos

The Sopranos has guest-starred several talented actors, but fans might not remember some actors who had minor roles in the iconic HBO series.

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10 Best The Wire Characters

The characters of The Wire helped make the HBO series a success, with protagonists like Omar and Stringer leaving lasting impacts on television.

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10 TV Deaths That Happened Before the Series Finale

While many series finales save their big deaths for that moment, there have been some shows that have shocked fans by killing popular characters early

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10 Cringiest Police Procedural Tropes

Fans love police procedurals, but they cringe when they see half-baked tropes in great series like Bones and Brooklynn Nine-Nine.

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10 Best Police Procedurals With The Best Twists

TV's best police procedurals, like The Wire, offer deep looks into the justice system, for better or worse, and offer shocking twists.

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10 Best Police Procedural Arcs Of All Time

From True Detective's excellent first season to the hunt for Red John in The Mentalist, many police procedurals have impressive story arcs.

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10 Best Movies & TV Characters You Didn't Know Were Based On Real People

From the brutal Leatherface to the scheming Tony Soprano, there are a number of movie and TV characters that are actually based on real people.

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10 Best Gangster TV Show Monologues

Crime shows like Boardwalk Empire and Peaky Blinders aren't just about sordid crimes; they're showcases for fantastic monologues.

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10 Best-Written HBO Shows, Ranked

HBO TV series like Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, and The Last of Us boast well-written characters, an intricate world, and a gripping story.

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10 Most Underrated 00s TV Heroes

From Ugly Betty's Betty Suarez to The Wire's Stringer Bell, these TV heroes proved to be some of the most underrated characters from the 2000s.

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John Wick Star Lance Reddick's Cause of Death Revealed [UPDATE]

John Wick and The Wire star Lance Reddick's death certificate lists heart disease as the cause of death for the beloved actor.

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Michael K. Williams' Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Selling Fentanyl-laced Heroin

The dealer who sold the drugs that killed The Wire and Lovecraft Country star Michael K. Williams pleads guilty in a New York courtroom.

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10 Good TV Shows With Bad Protagonists

TV shows like The Wire and Dawson's Creek are adored by fans and critics but have protagonists that leave much to be desired.

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10 Best Idris Elba Movies And TV Shows

After watching the newly-released Luther: The Fallen Sun, fans might be looking to check out Idris Elba's other movies and TV shows.

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The Wire and John Wick Star Lance Reddick Passes Away at 60

Lance Reddick, the star of The Wire and John Wick who is set to play Zeus in the upcoming Percy Jackson series, passes away at the age of 60.

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10 Best Shows With The Worst First Episodes

Television series often turn out quite different from their pilots. Even icons like The Office left room for improvement in their first episodes.

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