Ratings Reflections: The Wire traps 600,000 viewers

Best ratings ever for the show in the UK, after it was shown on BBC.

The Guardian said:

The Wire attracted a respectable 8% share of the total TV audience last night between 11.20pm and 12.20am on BBC2, according to unofficial overnights.

‘Respectable’ – those are great numbers for such a small show, that no one barely saw when it came out. I will be interested to see what happens next week, whether they can build on those numbers, like how Law & Order UK has.