Homicide: Life on the Street

*Homicide: Life on the Street*
Homicide: Life on the Street
Genre	Crime drama; Police procedural;
Created by	Paul Attanasio
Based on	Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets; by David Simon
Starring	Daniel Baldwin; Richard Belzer; Andre Braugher; Clark Johnson; Yaphet Kotto; Melissa Leo; Jon Polito; Kyle Secor; Ned Beatty; Isabella Hofmann; Reed Diamond; Michelle Forbes; Max Perlich; Peter Gerety; Jon Seda; Callie Thorne; Toni Lewis; Michael Michele; Giancarlo Esposito;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	122 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jim Finnerty; Tom Fontana; Barry Levinson; Henry Bromell;
Producers	Gail Mutrux; Julie Martin; James Yoshimura; Anya Epstein;
Running time	44–49 minutes (per episode)
Production companies	Baltimore Pictures; Reeves Entertainment (1993, Season 1); MCEG Sterling Incorporated (1994–1999, Seasons 2–7); Fatima Productions; NBC Productions (1994–1996, Seasons 3–4); NBC Studios (1996–1999, Seasons 5–7);
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 31, 1993 –; May 21, 1999

Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police drama television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit. Created by Paul Attanasio, it ran for seven seasons and 122 episodes on NBC from January 31, 1993, to May 21, 1999, and was succeeded by Homicide: The Movie (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 (1991). Many of the characters and stories used throughout the show were based on events depicted in the book.

While Homicide featured an ensemble cast, Andre Braugher emerged as a breakout star through his portrayal of Detective 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 drama, those being in 1993, 1995, and 1997. It received recognition from the Primetime Emmy Awards, Satellite Awards, Image Awards, Viewers for Quality Television, GLAAD Media Awards and Young Artist Awards. In 1997, the fifth-season 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. In 2013, TV Guide ranked it #55 on its list of the 60 Best Series of All Time.

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