I loved The Wire too, still remember that hood take on chess, " this is the queen, she's got all de moves, she's smooth...", but the title of the thread suggested that we were talking about the shows currently being aired and not those that have run their course. In that sense, there is a serious dearth of quality sitcoms and serials, especially after the end of Luther, the big bang theory, XIII, and the untimely and permanent demise of two and half men, damn you and your incontinence, Charlie Sheen!