The police department scenes were shot at the historic City Recreation Pier in the Fells Point neighborhood in Baltimore. [13][14], The reality of Homicide's low Nielsen ratings hovered over all things, however, and always left the show in a precarious position; it also had a harder time gaining a large audience because fewer viewers are at home watching TV on Friday nights. Was this review helpful to you? View production, box office, & company info. Isabella Hofmann (newly demoted, Detective Megan Russert) left at the end of Season 4, but returned in the Season 5 finale, in which she, Kay Howard (Melissa Leo) and J.H. [1] The show won Television Critics Association Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Drama in 1996, 1997, and 1998. But then, as a cherry on a pie, the dialogues are perfect too.Too bad we get this only once a week and then at a past midnight hour.I was very surprised to learn this series originated from a book. Despite having seen only one episode of this show, it felt like Homicide: Life on the Street was desperately trying to ride the coat-tails of a show like Law and Order without fully grasping what made a program like that work. Fontana expanded the Homicide: Life on the Street crossovers to include characters from St. Find TV episodes, reviews, ratings, lists, and links to watch Homicide: Life on the Street online on SideReel - A one-hour drama inspired by David Simon's acclaimed non-fiction book "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets." Considered by critics to be one of television's most authentic police dramas, as well as an excellent dramatic series propelled by a talented ensemble cast, Homicide garnered three straight TCA (Television Critics Association) Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Drama from 1996 to 1998 and was the first drama ever to win three of the prestigious Peabody Awards for best drama (1993, 1995, 1997). Follows the lives and cases of a dirty Los Angeles Police Department cop and the unit under his command. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Levinson believed that a television adaptation would bring a fresh and original edge to the police drama genre because the book exploded many of the myths of the police drama genre by highlighting that cops did not always get along with each other, and that criminals occasionally got away with their crimes.[8]. The concept proved popular with fans and with both Fontana and Wolf. Homicide's purpose was to provide its viewers with a no-nonsense, police procedural-type glimpse into the lives of a squad of inner-city detectives. A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants. Additional sets contain the complete third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons. A one-hour drama inspired by David Simon's acclaimed non-fiction book "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets." 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