Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural TV show that follows the work of a made-up version of the Homicide Unit of the Baltimore Police Department. It ran for seven seasons on NBC, from 1993 to 1999. After that, a TV movie came out, which was also the real end of the series. The show was first based on the book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon. Many of the characters and stories on the show were based on things that happened in the book. Simon's own HBO show, The Wire, was also partly based on the book. Even though Homicide had a large cast, Andre Braugher's role as Frank Pembleton made him the show's biggest star. In 1996, 1997, and 1998, the show won the Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama. In 1993, 1995, and 1997, it was the first drama to win three Peabody Awards for best drama. In 1997, "Prison Riot" was ranked No. 32 on TV Guide's list of the 100 best episodes ever. Time magazine named it one of the "Best TV Shows of All-TIME" in 2007. The series was called "The Best Show You're Not Watching" by TV Guide in 1996. The show came in at number 46 on Entertainment Weekly's list of "New TV Classics."
Released: 1993-01-31
Duration: 45
min
Country:
United States of America