The Wire Intertitle from season 2 Genre Crime drama Serial drama Created by David Simon Starring see List of The Wire characters Theme music composer Tom Waits Opening theme "Way Down in the Hole '' by The Blind Boys of Alabama (season 1) Tom Waits (season 2) The Neville Brothers (season 3) DoMaJe (season 4) Steve Earle (season 5) Ending theme "The Fall '' by Blake Leyh Country of origin United States Original language (s) English No. of seasons 5 No. of episodes 60 (list of episodes) Production Executive producer (s) David Simon Robert F. Colesberry Nina Kostroff Noble Producer (s) Karen L. Thorson Ed Burns Joe Chappelle George Pelecanos Eric Overmyer Location (s) Baltimore, Maryland Camera setup Single - camera Running time 55 -- 60 minutes 93 minutes (series finale) Production company (s) Blown Deadline Productions HBO Distributor Warner Bros. Television HBO Enterprises Release Original network HBO Picture format 480i (4: 3 SDTV) (original broadcast) 1080p (16: 9 HDTV) (2014 remaster) Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1 Original release June 2, 2002 (2002 - 06 - 02) -- March 9, 2008 (2008 - 03 - 09) External links Website
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