Additional Details
- Format: DVD
- Rating: TV-MA
- Number of Discs: 4
- Run Time: 630 Minutes
- Region: 1

- Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen
- Language: English
- Studio: HBO
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
- Genre: TV Series
- Color: Color
- Includes:
- "The Wire: The Last Word" a documentary exploring the role of the media
- "The Wire Odyssey" a retrospective of the first four seasons
- Six audio commentaries with creator David Simon, cast and crew
- Release Date: 2008
The Wire Season 5 DVD - In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. In the schools. And now, in the media. The places and faces have changed, but the game remains the same.
Times are tough for the detail. Mayor Carcetti has slashed the departments budget to the bone. Police are operating without overtime some without cars and radios. Angered, McNulty is off the rails again and headed down a dangerous path of deception and lies that will ally him with an unscrupulous reporter. The drug trade still rules the corners, all you have to do is read between the lines.
2009 -
Director’s Guild (DGA) Awards: OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES NIGHT
MOSAEC’s Art and Entertainment (MAE) Awards: BEST TELEVISION SERIES: DRAMA, BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES
Entertainment Industries Council PRISM Awards - PRISM Commendations: DRAMA SERIES MULTI-EPISODE STORYLINE
2008 -
American Film Institute (AFI) Awards: TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR
Asian Excellence Awards: BREAKTHROUGH TELEVISION ACTRESS
Television Critics Association (TCA) Awards: HERITAGE AWARD
Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards: DRAMATIC SERIES
2007 -
American Cinema Editors (ACE) Awards: BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION
Edgar Allan Poe Awards (presented by the Mystery Writers of America): BEST TELEVISION FEATURE/MINI-SERIES TELEPLAY
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) PASS Awards: SPECIAL AWARD
2006 -
American Film Institute (AFI) Awards: AFI TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR – OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
2005 -
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) PASS Awards: TELEVISION/VIDEO
2004 -
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Honors: TOP TELEVISION SERIES
George Foster PEABODY Awards
2003 -
AFI 2003 Programs of the Year: AFI PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR – OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
CSA Artios Awards: DRAMATIC PILOT CASTING
Minorities in Business Magazine Inc. Multicultural Prism Awards: OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES