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Groundbreaking police drama 'Homicide: Life on the Street' is finally streaming

The seven-season show about a Baltimore police homicide unit didn’t feature gun battles and car chases. The tone, pacing and camera work were all groundbreaking when the show started in 1993.

Robin Williams guested in a landmark episode called “Bop Gun,” playing the husband of a woman killed while they were visiting the city, horrified to overhear detectives joking about her murder with the easy familiarity of those who work close to death. Perhaps best of all, fans can now see a long line of powerful actors who have since died – performers who delivered some of their best work on Homicide – including Kotto, Ned Beatty, Jon Polito, Richard Belzer and Andre Braugher. NBCUniversal says fan reaction over the deaths last year of Belzer and Braugher – beloved actors whose later work included Law & Order: SVU and Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “was just another indicator that we should continue on our path” to bring Homicide to streaming now.

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