The Wire season 3

*The Wire*
The Wire
Season 3
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Starring	Dominic West; John Doman; Idris Elba; Frankie R. Faison; Aidan Gillen; Wood Harris; Deirdre Lovejoy; Clarke Peters; Wendell Pierce; Lance Reddick; Andre Royo; Sonja Sohn; Jim True-Frost; Robert Wisdom; Seth Gilliam; Domenick Lombardozzi; J. D. Williams; Michael K. Williams; Corey Parker Robinson;
No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	HBO
Original release	September 19 –; December 19, 2004
Season chronology
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	List of episodes

The third season of the television series The Wire of 12 episodes first aired in the United States on HBO in 2004, from September 19 to December 19. It introduces Baltimore's local politicians and the upstart drug dealing Stanfield organization while continuing to examine the Barksdale Organization and the Baltimore Police Department.

The third season aired on Sundays at 9:00 pm ET in the United States to widespread critical acclaim. The season was released on DVD as a five disc boxed set under the title of The Wire: The Complete Third Season on August 8, 2006, by HBO Video.