''Traffic'' is a three-part miniseries that aired on the United States cable channel

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in 2004, featuring an ensemble cast portraying the complex world of drugs, their distribution, the associated violence, and the wide variety of people whose lives are touched by it all.

Production

The miniseries was inspired by the 1989

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television miniseries '' Traffik'' and the 2000

motion picture A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since ...

Traffic Traffic is the movement of vehicles and pedestrians along land routes. Traffic laws govern and regulate traffic, while rules of the road include traffic laws and informal rules that may have developed over time to facilitate the orderly an ...

'' directed by

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Reception

The American version was nominated for three

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* 2000s American television miniseries 2004 American television series debuts 2004 American television series endings Live action television shows based on films USA Network original programming {{US-drama-tv-prog-stub