LOOKING FOR A new TV show binge that you can totally lose yourself in? Then your search is over, because one of the best shows of all time is now streaming for the first time in a remastered form. After a long wait (and several rights-related issues that held things up), Murder: Life on the Street is now streaming on Peacock. The show, which aired on NBC for seven seasons and 122 episodes between 1993 and 1999, is available in its entirety, along with episodes from 2000. Homicide: The Movie, which serves as the series finale.
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killing is not only one of the straight preferably shows in television history, but also one of the most influential. Set in Baltimore, the series is still known today for its grounded sense of realism, and for the fact that not every story has a happy ending and not every case is neatly resolved over the course of the episode. That tone has become more popular in recent decades, but it was absolutely groundbreaking at the time and is still compelling. And the show holds up as a result.
The series is based on David Simon’s book Murder: A year on the streets of death which he wrote when he was a crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun; Simon became a writer, producer and consultant at Killing, and finally created The Wire, Treme, Show me a hero, and more for HBO.
The cast includes Daniel Baldwin, the late Andre Braugher (who won a Primetime Emmy in 1998 for his work on the series), Yaphet Kotto, Oscar winner Melissa Leo and Richard Belzer (who would later reprise his role as Detective Mulch on both series). law and order and other shows like Arrested development. killing was also characterized by the presence of a number of notable guest stars, including Robin Williams and Vincent D’Onofrio.
Now that killing streamed for the first time, it will surely become increasingly popular as fans of more contemporary police series such as Law & Order: SVU, The cable, or even something like For lack of evidence start looking for a new show to immerse themselves in.
And now, for the first time, they’re getting a taste of one of the very best.
How to watch Murder: Life on the Street
For the first time ever Murder: Life on the Street is available exclusively for streaming in HD (a 4K version is coming soon) on Peacock. According to NPR, the show will feature “most” of the original music, which was reportedly the cause of the rights issue that held up the show’s streaming for all these years (something similar happened with the 90s cult comedy Freaks and Geeks before it landed on Hulu a few years ago).
To watch the show in its complete original version (though not remastered in HD or 4K), you can still purchase the complete series as a DVD boxset.
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