Alright, maybe The Wire isn't solely based on a cast of black characters, but this show is consistently talked about in every conversation about the best program on TV, yet it also consistently gets left off the Emmy ballot.
HBO's put the screw to this series after 5 incredible seasons, and not because it couldn't garner the ratings it needed to stay on air. So, this was The Wire's last chance to capture the glory (and the gold) it deserved so much.
This is a travesty of epic proportions, television wise, almost as aggrevating as Soulja Boy being nominated for a Grammy this past year. The Wire has only been nominated for one solitary Emmy in it's five year run, which was for 'Outstanding Writing in a Drama'. All of this while shows like Lost and Two and a Half Men get nods for their specific categories while maintaining boring, confusing plots and stale sex and fart jokes, year after year.
I'm not sure what's so hard about giving a show the respect it deserves. I don't know what "the academy" does to narrow down the finalist list to the final nominees, but whatever it is they do is clearly in need of a reality check.
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