No make good for 'The Wire'

A moment of silence, please, for "The Wire."

Not that those of us who are ardent fans haven't already gone through the grieving process since the show ended earlier this year. But we held out a little naive hope that the HBO drama could at least get a drama nod, if not for its final season, as an acknowledgement of its contribution in toto.

We allowed ourselves to get excited when "The Wire" made it to the final 10, even though reports from the Emmy voters were that the episode submitted was long and slow and not so attention grabbing. It's a complicated series, people! Still, our fingers were crossed.

Today -- hopes dashed.

Among the other casualties in this are Dominic West, Clark Johnson and a raft of other fine actors who didn't get anywhere near the final 10.

Emmy voters have been known to do some make-goods, so why not here? We wouldn't have considered it patronizing, even though there were arguably better seasons of "The Wire." Now there are no more. We can't say that ATAS completely let us down today, what with excellent choices like Bryan Cranston, Gabriel Byrne, "Mad Men" and "Damages," but we'd thought maybe, just maybe, "The Wire" could've gotten its props.

Let's all bow our heads, and hug our DVD sets.

Tom O'Neil has more snubs here.

Comments

[Joey Nader]

The Wire / HBO not being nominated for ANYTHING other than David Simon & Ed Burns being nominated for dramatic writing for "The Wire 30" will probably go down in the Emmy books/ case files as an unsolved crime. UNBELIEVABLE!!! Thank God I have four seasons of The Wire on DVD and I'm patiently waiting for the 5th.