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As ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ Finally Debuts on Streaming, the Show Remains Astonishing Television
All 122 episodes of 'Homicide: Life on the Street' are available to stream on Peacock. The show launched the era of prestige TV.
Attanasio, showrunner Tom Fontana and Simon, who worked on the series as a writer and producer, thought more highly of their audience, as evidenced by the unique choices made throughout the show. Under the cloak of darkness, detectives Meldrick Lewis (Clark Johnson) and Steve Crosetti (Jon Polito) converse about a book while searching for clues at a crime scene. Partnerships like those of Detective Kay Howard (Melissa Leo) and Beau Felton (Billy Baldwin) ebb and flow, working as a well-oiled machine at points and boiling over at others.
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