David Simon

PASSINGS: Robert F. Chew, Taiho

2013-01-22 00:00:00

Robert F. Chew Baltimore-based actor on 'The Wire' Robert F. Chew, 52, an actor and teacher who portrayed the drug kingpin Proposition Joe on the HBO series "The Wire," died Thursday of apparent heart failure in his sleep at his Baltimore home,...

Donnie Andrews dies at 58; killer an inspiration for TV character

2012-12-27 00:00:00

Like the television character he helped inspire, Donnie Andrews lived by a code. In his earlier years, when he was robbing rival dealers as a young hustler in West Baltimore — experiences that would later form the basis for the popular Omar Little...

'Treme' creator David Simon starts bloging

2012-04-25 21:36:55

Dave Eggers and Robert Pinsky feted by PEN Center USA

2011-11-10 16:34:39

Anthony Bourdain dishes on 'The Layover' and life as a TV foodie

2011-11-23 16:35:43

Tweeter's Digest: TV folks tweet about the 2011 Emmy nominations

2011-07-14 16:36:00

PEN Center USA 2011 awards to feature Dave Eggers, Robert Pinksy

2011-09-07 16:35:02

David Mills dies at 48; Emmy-winning writer for 'The Wire,' 'NYPD Blue'

2010-04-01 00:00:00

David Mills, a former journalist and Emmy-winning television writer best known for his work on "NYPD Blue" and "The Wire," has died. He was 48. Mills died Tuesday of an apparent brain aneurysm in New Orleans, where he had been working on the upcoming HBO...

Critic's Notebook: 'Treme's' collection of beautiful moments

2011-05-08 00:00:00

Every city has its own singular character — just ask Minneapolis about St. Paul — but there is perhaps no American city as singularly singular, as stubbornly exotic, as attached to its difference as New Orleans, that funky little cosmopolis...

Is David Simon a genius? Creator of 'The Wire' talks about winning a MacArthur Fellowship

2010-09-28 16:35:50

Writer Yiyun Li named MacArthur "genius" Fellow

2010-09-27 21:34:42

Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson, actress in 'The Wire,' arrested in Baltimore drug raid [Updated]

2011-03-10 16:35:40

, Homicide: Life on the Street captured the inner workings of the Baltimore Police Department. The series put the emphasis on the politics of police work, and the personal toll it takes.

2013-02-04 13:58:00

David Simon

2012-05-25 13:32:00

Watchers of HBO's "The Wire" can't help but be familiar with The Sun, because much of the fifth and final season takes place inside the newsroom where creator David Simon formerly worked as a police reporter.

2012-05-02 23:42:33