DAVID SIMON (CREATOR): I remember going to Chris [Albrecht] and saying, “I want to split the shows, and one part of it bounces into The Wire. It alternates, and I’ll give you a city municipal show about politics.” It was just the most amazing thing. “So, I would have two shows nobody would be watching?” [Albrecht said.] I’m thinking of expanding the universe and they’re really going, How do we get out of this?
