The show was a popular sensation, and spawned immediate imitations.
Through the 15-month run of the series, the show spawned more than 34 episodes.
The home videos the show has spawned are selling briskly.
The show gradually built an audience, and spawned similar gigs.
The show rose in the ratings and spawned many imitators.
The show also spawned four album, all of them certified Platinum.
The show also spawned numerous road and international productions, which have brought the show's worldwide take to more than $3.2 billion.
The show has already spawned road companies and an album, and is likely to become a movie.
The show also spawned several compilation albums under the same name.
The show has spawned changes in the real life Baltimore homicide unit.
