>figuring out why we always say it didn't have an audience.
>It went FIVE seasons. If it had no audience, wouldn't it have
>had a much shorter life?

it went five seasons because it had a rabid, core audience...and Im sure the prod. and HBO knew they wer making one of the best shows on television...

but compared to stuff like Sopranos, and CYE...The Wire did small numbers...

>Plus there's no clear demarcation between right & wrong,
>good guys & bad guys, and I think the majority of viewers want
>to turn their brains off when they turn the television on.

I think Americans want white/black hats, cowboy/indian as far as shows abt crime go....

the character with the strictest morals on the show is a homosexual ruthless feared stick up artist...and I think it's very hard for some Americans to wrap their head around that...

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