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I wasn't being snarky. The Wire is the embodiment of prestige television drama. There's nothing wrong with not being into TV.

I also admitted the topic hasn't been popular of late. Your comment didn't say anything about recency. It's likely that the dwindling percentage of Americans in unions has something to do with fewer recent depictions of labor struggles in TV and movies.

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I googled The Wire and it seems like something only people 4-10 years older than me would be familiar with, which leaves 0 examples for people my age?

I'm in the age group that would be familiar - it was certainly influential, but i'm not exactly sure i would call it mainstream. It was on HBO in an era where that significantly limited its audience. It was never a household name the way something like lost, game of thrones or breaking bad was. I think its mostly remembered for being the start of the wave of "prestige" televidion.

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