The Wire

in New York Times

"The Wire' gets 1 final Emmy snub"

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Emmys said goodbye to ''The Wire'' with the same lack of respect that it showed the HBO drama during its acclaimed five-season run.

Call it the final nail in the row house.

The last season of ''The Wire,'' which was called ''the best show on television'' by more than a few critics, received only a single nomination on Thursday: The show's creator, David Simon, and its most essential writer, Ed Burns, were nominated for outstanding writing in a drama series.

It was only the second nomination for ''The Wire,'' which was up for the same category in 2005.

''It's like them never giving a Nobel Prize to Tolstoy,'' said Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief of the Slate Group and a correspondent for Slate.com. ''It doesn't make Tolstoy look bad, it makes the Nobel Prize look bad.''

Weisberg, who has been an ardent supporter of ''The Wire,'' added, ''It's sort of proof if you needed any that the Emmys are not something that should be taken seriously.''

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