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  • 1993
  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • 1993
  • TV-14
  • NBC

Summary This series was the most reality-based police drama that has ever aired on television. It was shot entirely with handheld cameras on location in the Fells Point Community of Baltimore, MD. One of the series' executive producers, Barry Levinson, is a Baltimore native. He has written and directed at least three films that take place in ...

Created By: Paul Attanasio

  • 1993
  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • 1993
  • TV-14
  • NBC

Homicide: Life on the Street

7 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Jan 31, 1993
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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95
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 102 User Ratings
8.3
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Summary This series was the most reality-based police drama that has ever aired on television. It was shot entirely with handheld cameras on location in the Fells Point Community of Baltimore, MD. One of the series' executive producers, Barry Levinson, is a Baltimore native. He has written and directed at least three films that take place in ...

Created By: Paul Attanasio

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100
Jun 26, 2013
[Homicide]... continues to be the best drama—-not just cop drama—-on TV.
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Jun 10, 2013
It has the best tough-guy dialogue around and an acting ensemble that's ferociously effective. Face it: Homicide is a killer.
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Universal Acclaim Based on 102 User Ratings
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4% Mixed
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100
May 12, 2013
The best new network dramatic series since "Shannon's Deal" and "Twin Peaks" in 1990. [29 Jan 1993, p.21]
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100
May 12, 2013
Much of this is likely to go to waste, though. Homicide, possibly the best police series ever, may prove to be the biggest turnoff since Cop Rock. Imagine a series in which a cop walks up to a potential mugger and tells him, "Hey, we're police. Go rob somebody else." [31 Jan 1993, p.5C]
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90
May 12, 2013
It isn't as groundbreaking as it would have itself taken. However, in terms of presenting a strong portrayal of cop work out on the urban landscape, the project (inspired by David Simon's "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets") hits with compelling conviction. [29 Jan 1993]
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90
May 12, 2013
Homicide is fast-paced but reasonably easy to follow. It is fragmentary at times, but somehow cohesive. It's impressionistic in style, yet driven by plot, enlivened by gallows humor and inhabited by intriguing, amusing, startlingly natural characters...You can think of Homicide as "Hill Street Blues" with more grit and less econo-socio-poli-psycho babble; "Law & Order" without the "order" half; "Twin Peaks" with intelligence and discipline as well as style. "Diner" with cops. [31 Jan 1993, p.7C]
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Jul 2, 2013
In the end, however, Homicide doesn't stand out in bold enough relief from TV's background clutter. The characters are too pat, their conflicts too predictable.
By Richard Zoglin FULL REVIEW
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Production Company:
  • Baltimore Pictures
  • Fatima Productions
  • NBC Studios
  • Reeves Entertainment Group
Initial Release Date: Jan 31, 1993
Number of seasons: 7 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards
• 4 Wins & 17 Nominations
Viewers for Quality Television Awards
• 3 Wins & 16 Nominations
Television Critics Association Awards
• 6 Wins & 15 Nominations

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