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    The Wire Was Robbed

    All these shows—nominated either for best dramatic series (the first six) or best comedy series (the latter five) in this year's Emmys—are perfectly worthy contenders. And the final season of The Wire, HBO's gritty drama set in a corrupt and decaying Baltimore, wasn't quite the climax that fans of the David Simon show had hoped for. But it's an injustice that such a brilliant piece of work, which turned the dismal failures of public policy into heartbreaking human tragedy, should have ended its run without a single nod.

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