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	see below
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	122 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	44 to 49 minutes (per episode)
Production company(s)	Baltimore Pictures Reeves Entertainment (1993-1994) NBC Productions (1993-1996) NBC Studios (1996-1999)
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	January 31, 1993 (1993-01-31) – May 21, 1999 (1999-05-21)

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 (122 episodes) on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded by Homicide: The 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.

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 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 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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