“Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Homicide: The Movie,” which has been remastered to HD and 4K for the very first time, will make its streaming debut in the U.S. on Peacock beginning August 19. The police drama examines the calculating and exacting detective work of the often confrontational, passionate, and opinionated homicide department in Baltimore. With a determined cast of characters that never let up in their quest for truth and justice, this gripping hourlong series remains the standard bearer of how police handle the job both professionally and personally.
From Universal Television, “Homicide: Life on the Street” originally launched on NBC in 1993 and ran for seven seasons, for a total of 122 episodes. It was succeeded by “Homicide: The Movie” in 2000, which served as the series finale. The drama was created by Paul Attanasio and based on David Simon‘s book “Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.” Tom Fontana was the series head writer and showrunner.
Throughout its run, “Homicide: Life on the Street” was critically acclaimed, receiving nominations and accolades from the Television Critics Association, Directors Guild of America, NAACP and Writers Guild of America, among others, as well as winning four Primetime Emmy Awards. It also became the first drama ever to win three George Foster Peabody Awards for Drama.
The series was nominated for 17 Emmys over its seven seasons. In 1993 it won Best Writing (Fontana) and Best Directing (Barry Levinson). In 1998 Andre Braugher won Best Drama Actor and the series won Best Casting. “Homicide: The Movie” was nominated for Best Writing for a Miniseries or Movie in 2000.
“Homicide: Life on the Street” starred Andre Braugher, Ned Beatty, Richard Belzer, Yaphet Kotto, Melissa Leo, Giancarlo Esposito, Daniel Baldwin, Jon Polito, Clark Johnson, Kyle Secor, Reed Diamond, Michelle Forbes, Peter Gerety, Isabella Hofmann, Toni Lewis, Michael Michele, Max Perlich, Jon Seda and Callie Thorn.
The series is distributed by NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution in the U.S. and by Fremantle internationally.
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