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Read this: The Wires David Simon: pay-TV has freed drama from ad pressures |Media |guardian.co.uk
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Summary: Link to this video The Wire creator David Simon said pay-TV had rescued drama producers from the need to satisfy advertisers, which he said had destroyed the art of story-telling on the small screen. Simon said ratings for The Wire declined with every season but more people were watching it in other ways. I did not know the vernacular would travel to other American cities, let alone other countries. - guardian.co.uk
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