“The Wire” co-creators Ed Burns and David Simon have spent two decades reflecting on the legacy of their critically acclaimed HBO series.Burns and Simon, along with fellow “Wire” alum George Pelecanos, most recently turned their attention to the true story of the Baltimore Police Department’s corrupt Gun Trace Task Force for the HBO limited series “We Own This City,” starring Jon Bernthal as a real-life cop convicted of stealing and selling drugs.Yet on the 20th anniversary of “The Wire,” which premiered June 2, 2002, retired Baltimore homicide detective Burns criticized other modern HBO series, saying that “The Wire” would “definitely not” have been greenlit if pitched today.“Now, it’s got to be ‘Game of Thrones.’ It’s got to be big.
It’s got to be disconnected from stepping on anybody’s toes,” Burns told The New York Times.
“I’ve watched a couple of the limited series on HBO,
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