Homicide: Life on the Street to Stream on Peacock
One of the most revered police dramas of all time, Homicide: Life on the Street, examines the calculating and exacting detective work of Baltimore’s often confrontational, passionate, and opinionated homicide department.
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 series 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, and winning four Primetime Emmy Awards.
It also became the first drama ever to win three George Foster Peabody Awards for Drama.
Homicide: Life on the Street and Homicide: The Movie, which has been remastered to HD and 4K for the very first time, will make their streaming debut in the U.S. on Peacock beginning August 19. The series is distributed by NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution in the U.S. and by Fremantle internationally.
The cast includes 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 one-hour drama was executive-produced by Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson, Henry Bromell, and Jim Finnerty.
The producers included Gail Mutrux, Julie Martin, James Yoshimura, Jorge Zamacona, Anya Epstein, and David Simon.
