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Yes, yes, you already know: The Wire is the best show ever made. But that only became the consensus late in the game. Despite critical praise, many viewers didn’t start tuning in until the show began racking up nominations for awards in its fourth season, then binged on DVDs in order to cram the first 40 or so episodes in before HBO’s next live transmission. In the process, the show not only became retroactively anointed as Great TV, but established itself as a staple of the early days of binge-watching.