There Was Almost a Spin-Off
According to David Simon, there was almost a spin-off of The Wire. After the politically charged third season of the show, he got to work on a spin-off series called The Hall that would further explore the rise of Tommy Carcetti and corruption in Baltimore politics. We can’t imagine what Martin O’Malley would’ve thought of The Hall.
Simon even put a writing team together, but unfortunately, HBO wasn’t crazy about the idea. According to Simon, they rejected the idea for the political spin-off on the grounds that they, “only wanted one show that nobody is watching about Baltimore, not two!”
