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City on a Hill

2019–2022 · 3 seasons

A grim, slow-burning crime saga that immerses you in a morally murky 90s Boston, demanding patience but rewarding with tense, character-driven drama.

Created by: Chuck MacLean
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, Jonathan Tucker

Tagline: Boston, 1993. No one gets away clean.
Overview: In early 90s Boston, an African-American District Attorney comes in from Brooklyn advocating change and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran invested in maintaining the status quo. Together they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to encompass and eventually upend Boston’s city-wide criminal justice system.

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Created by: Chuck MacLean
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, Jonathan Tucker

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: corruption
crime
justice
power
betrayal
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	4
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: crime, drama
Created by: Chuck MacLean
Written by: Haley Cameron, Emily Ragsdale, Jorge Zamacona, P. Carter
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, Jonathan Tucker, Jill Hennessy, Lauren E. Banks, Mark O'Brien, Lucia Ryan, Sarah Shahi
Cinematography: Mauricio Rubinstein, Alex Disenhof
Length: 3 seasons, 26 episodes, 55 min each
Network: Showtime
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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