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the wire had something like 30M viewers at peak and was absurdly well received....

• eternalcode 9y ago
  Apparently, Still not enough to get an Emmy. I lost my faith on Emmy's because of that.
• skinnymuch 9y ago
  Do you have any links or citations for a number even close to that? It’s live viewership numbers are lower than current HBO shows like Westworld that don’t overall get 30M viewers per episode. Or did you have a different meaning for 30M than per episode? Usually that’s what people mean for tv so I am assuming that.
  • justinhj 9y ago
    According to wikipedia the peak viewing for individual episodes is about 4m. Although it's not a stretch to assume it reached a lot more people than that via legal streaming services and illegal downloads.
    • Phlarp 9y ago
      It was not incredibly popular during it's time on the air. This is part of the reason for multi-year gaps between seasons. It has become somewhat of a post-airing success / cult classic.
    • kgwgk 9y ago
      And DVDs (this is a 15-10 year old series). Plus the recent re-release on BluRay.