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The City

1995–1997 · 3 seasons

A steady, talky urban soap where tangled romances and old wounds play out in close quarters, easy to dip into and oddly comforting.

Genres
Soap
Tagline
You gotta watch this city.
Overview
The City is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from November 13, 1995 to March 28, 1997. The show follows the loves and lives of the survivors of the Corinth Serial Killer as they all moved from the Pennsylvania town of Corinth to an apartment building in New York's SoHo district. The show was a spinoff of Loving, also co-created by Agnes Nixon and head writers, Barbara Esensten and James Harmon Brown. The show won two Daytime Emmy Awards in 1996.
How it feels
Romantic, earnest, melancholic and tense. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Love, trauma, found family, betrayal
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
soap
Created by
Agnes Nixon, Barbara Esensten, James H. Brown
Starring
Debbi Morgan, Jane Elliot, Randolph Mantooth, Judy Gold, Philip Brown, Al Martino, Joseph Sirola, Amelia Heinle
Length
3 seasons, 289 episodes, 30 min each
Network
ABC
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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