section_heading: Kritike
paragraph_text: Nekoliko kritičara proglasilo je seriju najboljom na televiziji, uključujući TIME, "The best show... of the last twenty years is another HBO show—not as well known—called The Wire. The Wire is quite simply a stunning piece of work... it actually physically pains me to use this phrase, because anyone who uses it sounds like an absolute tosser, but it is, truly, multilayered; it is just fucking brilliant." —Charlie Brooker 2009. godine magazin TIME je proglasio seriju najboljom proteklog desetljeća.<ref>