Other than the f'n Peabody, which is the most prestigious award in television.

I like BB, and don't want to fall into the compare the shows thing as its possible to like both shows, but they are very different kind of shows in intent. The Wire is a densely plotted and has an intricate universe. BB is a character study, but also primarily a high-adreneline action show. BB is all about tension, The Wire is about pathos.

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Posted by davesdawgs

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Posted on 3/22/13 at 10:14 am to Baloo

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Other than the f'n Peabody, which is the most prestigious award in television.

Nope, objectively even as a UGA graduate, though the Peabody Awards are the oldest, the most well recognized and prestigious are easily the Emmy Awards. But I do stand corrected since the Peabody award is obviously a major award.

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Posted by Ace Midnight

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Posted on 3/22/13 at 10:55 am to Baloo

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The Wire is a densely plotted and has an intricate universe.

I agree with this - although completely cross-genre, Babylon 5 and Deep Space 9 are better analogues (full disclosure, I'm in the middle of Season 3 of The Wire, roughly halfway through the entire series), than Breaking Bad is. I find myself using the same language/terminology and thinking of universe of The Wire as a real, tangible place.

Perhaps more similar to The Shield, except in The Wire - every group gets similar focus as the strike team, detectives and patrol cops did in The Shield.

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