Homicide: Life on the Street

Series • 1993 - 1999

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Baltimore’s streets have never looked rougher or more real. This gritty police procedural is the godfather of urban crime drama on TV.

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An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

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Mystery
Release
1993-01-31
Seasons
7 (1993 - 1998), 122 episodes
Network
NBC
Creator
Paul Attanasio
Directors
Kenneth Fink, Alan Taylor, Jean de Segonzac, Nick Gomez, Peter Medak, Clark Johnson, John McNaughton, Henry Bromell, Larry Williams, Leslie Libman, Uli Edel, Kyle Secor, Edwin Sherin, Kathryn Bigelow, Tim Hunter, Jay Tobias, Barbara Kopple, Ed Bianchi, Whitney Ransick, Ted Demme, Michael Fields, Christopher Menaul, Robert Harmon, Martin Campbell, Barry Levinson, Peter Weller, Tim Van Patten, Mary Harron, Brad Anderson, Richard Pearce, Myles Connell, Keith Samples, Matt Reeves, Adam Bernstein, Joe Berlinger, Bruce Paltrow, Don Scardino, Michael Lehmann, Alison Maclean, Whit Stillman, Stephen Gyllenhaal, Michael Radford, Gwen Arner, Gary Fleder, Darnell Martin, Jace Alexander, Wayne Ewing, Steve Buscemi, Lisa Cholodenko, Kathy Bates, Kevin Hooks, Peter Markle, Bruno Kirby, Mark Pellington, Miguel Arteta, Keith Gordon
Original language
English
IMDb
imdb.com/title/tt0106028/

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BBC

"The series showed the day-to-day reality of the work of Baltimore homicide detectives, failings, corruption and all."

bbc.com/culture/article/20230119-why-cop-show-homicide-life-on-the-street-was-revolutionary

IGN

"When NBC's Homicide aired on January 31st, 1993, it was one of the best written, best acted, grittiest, dramas to grace the air waves and featured some of the best photography and editing in any TV show."

ign.com/articles/2009/10/23/homicide-life-on-the-streets-complete-series-review

cinematic randomness

Homicide: Life on the Street lives up to its reputation and remains a cornerstone of television; a precursor to the high standard that’s now a common practice among the cable networks and streaming services that now reign.

cinematicrandomness.com/dvd-review-homicide-life-on-the-street-tv-1993-1999/

IMDb

Like everybody before me told, this is THE best police story ever made. The photography, the personages, the direction and last but not least the music.

imdb.com/title/tt0106028/

IMDb

What a surprise I had because the sections of 'Wire' having to do with the local cops were light years better than the banal and unbelievable 'Homicide' shows I watched. My god, what a miserable show it is!

imdb.com/title/tt0106028/reviews

Metacritic

'Homicide: Life on the Street' is celebrated for its reality-based approach to police drama and its unique storytelling techniques.

metacritic.com/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street/

Rotten Tomatoes

'Homicide: Life on the Street' stands out with its strong sense of realism, compelling characters, and calculated stylistic decisions.

rottentomatoes.com/tv/homicide_life_on_the_street/s01

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