The Wire season 5

*The Wire*
The Wire
Season 5
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Starring	Dominic West; Reg E. Cathey; John Doman; Aidan Gillen; Clark Johnson; Deirdre Lovejoy; Tom McCarthy; Clarke Peters; Wendell Pierce; Lance Reddick; Andre Royo; Sonja Sohn; Seth Gilliam; Domenick Lombardozzi; Michael K. Williams; Gbenga Akinnagbe; Jamie Hector; Neal Huff; Jermaine Crawford; Corey Parker Robinson; Tristan Wilds; Michael Kostroff; Michelle Paress; Isiah Whitlock Jr.;
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	HBO
Original release	January 6 –; March 9, 2008
Season chronology

The fifth and final season of the television series The Wire commenced airing in the United States on January 6, 2008, and concluded on March 9, 2008; it was the show's shortest season with 10 episodes. The series introduced a fictionalized version of the Baltimore Sun newsroom, while continuing to follow the Baltimore police department and city hall, and the Stanfield crime syndicate.

The fifth season aired on Sundays at 9:00 pm ET in the United States. The season was released on DVD as a four-disc boxed set under the title of The Wire: The Complete Fifth Season on August 12, 2008 by HBO Video.