Best Television Show Tournament round 1a: The Wire (17) vs Hell's Kitchen (112)

[Chris]

The Wire
Plot: The Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.
Genres: Crime, Serial drama, Tragedy
Created by: David Simon
Starring: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison, Larry Gilliard Jr., Wood Harris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Andre Royo, Sonja Sohn, Chris Bauer, Paul Ben-Victor, Clarke Peters, Amy Ryan, Aidan Gillen, Jim True-Frost, Robert Wisdom, Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi, J. D. Williams, Michael K. Williams, Corey Parker Robinson, Reg E. Cathey, Chad L. Coleman, Jamie Hector, Glynn Turman, Clark Johnson, Tom McCarthy, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Neal Huff, Jermaine Crawford, Tristan Wilds, Michael Kostroff, Michelle Paress, Isiah Whitlock Jr.
On-air: June 2, 2002 – March 9, 2008


VS

Hell’s Kitchen
Plot: Gordon Ramsay leads a team of celebrities through the trials of a professional kitchen with the threat of elimination hanging over them.
Genres: Cookery, Reality
Created by: Gordon Ramsay
Starring: Angus Deayton, Claudia Winkleman, Gordon Ramsay, Gary Rhodes, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Marco Pierre White
On-air: 23 May 2004 – 27 April 2009
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[Wiseman]

Just started watching some of Gordon's shows and absolutely love him. But Wire, ALL TIME SHOW

 

[Y2Jayne]

The Wire is a masterpiece.

 

[Lethal]

IDIOT SANDWICH

 

[Keith]

Never expected this match and never expected it to be this close. The Wire for me.

 

[Jay-Ashley]

The Wire. What other show has a double-barrel shotgun using a pump-action sound effect lmao

 

[Lady Redfield]

I love HK lol

 

[SupineSnake]

This right here is a sad indictment of this website, the internet, and humanity as a whole.