Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)

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About

Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded by a TV movie, which also acted as the de facto series finale. The series was originally based on David Simon's book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. Many of the characters and stories used throughout the show were based on events depicted in the book, which was also part of the basis for Simon's own series, The Wire on HBO.

Although Homicide featured an ensemble cast, Andre Braugher emerged as the series' breakout star through his portrayal of Frank Pembleton. The show won Television Critics Association Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Drama in 1996, 1997, and 1998. It also became the first drama ever to win three Peabody Awards for best drama in 1993, 1995, and 1997. In 1997, the episode "Prison Riot" was ranked No. 32 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2007, it was listed as one of Time magazine's "Best TV Shows of All-TIME." In 1996 TV Guide named the series 'The Best Show You're Not Watching'. The show placed #46 on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list.

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Main Cast

• Richard Belzer as John Munch
• Giancarlo Esposito as Michael Giardello
• Peter Gerety as Stuart Gharty
• Clark Johnson as Meldrick Lewis
• Yaphet Kotto as Al Giardello
• Toni Lewis as Terri Stivers
• Michael Michele as Rene Sheppard
• Kyle Secor as Tim Bayliss
• Jon Seda as Paul Falsone
• Callie Thorne as Laura Ballard

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