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61st Street

2022–2024 · 2 seasons

A heavy, slow-burning legal drama that immerses you in systemic injustice, with tense courtroom battles and a pervasive sense of despair.

Created by
Peter Moffat
Genres
Drama, Crime
Overview
Moses Johnson is a promising high-school athlete with a bright future who’s accused of murdering a police officer during a drug bust gone wrong. Swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system, Moses’ case is taken up by ageing public defender Franklin Roberts, who sees this as his chance to finally challenge the institutional racism at the heart of the judicial system.

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Free in the US
  • The Roku Channel
  • The CW
  • Hoopla
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Created by
Peter Moffat
Genres
Drama, Crime
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • justice
  • race
  • corruption
  • power
  • crime
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Created by
Peter Moffat
Written by
Peter Moffat
Starring
Courtney B. Vance, Tosin Cole, Bentley Green, Holt McCallany, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Mark O'Brien, Deanna Reed-Foster
Music
Laura Karpman
Length
2 seasons, 16 episodes
Network
The CW, AMC
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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