The Wire season 5

*The Wire*
The Wire
Season 5
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Starring	Dominic West; Reg E. Cathey; John Doman; Aidan Gillen; Clark Johnson; Deirdre Lovejoy; Tom McCarthy; Clarke Peters; Wendell Pierce; Lance Reddick; Andre Royo; Sonja Sohn; Seth Gilliam; Domenick Lombardozzi; Michael K. Williams; Gbenga Akinnagbe; Jamie Hector; Neal Huff; Jermaine Crawford; Corey Parker Robinson; Tristan Wilds; Michael Kostroff; Michelle Paress; Isiah Whitlock Jr.;
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	HBO
Original release	January 6 –; March 9, 2008
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 4
	List of episodes

The fifth and final season of the television series The Wire commenced airing in the United States on January 6, 2008, and concluded on March 9, 2008; it was the show's shortest season with 10 episodes. The series introduced a fictionalized version of the Baltimore Sun newsroom, while continuing to follow the Baltimore police department and city hall, and the Stanfield crime syndicate.

The fifth season aired on Sundays at 9:00 pm ET in the United States. The season was released on DVD as a four-disc boxed set under the title of The Wire: The Complete Fifth Season on August 12, 2008 by HBO Video.^[1]

^ "The Wire - 5th & Final Season: Release Date, Bonus Material, Cost & Early Package". TVShowsOnDVD.com. April 2, 2008. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.

[1] "The Wire - 5th & Final Season: Release Date, Bonus Material, Cost & Early Package". TVShowsOnDVD.com. April 2, 2008. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.

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