City on a Hill

TV-MA

26 episodes3 seasons

US Release

~ 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.

Created by:

Chuck MacLean

Status:

Canceled

Language:

English

First air date:

6/16/2019

Last air date:

9/25/2022

Key words:

corruption
boston, massachusetts
dirty cop
criminal
1990s
criminal justice system

Seasons

Season 1

10 Episodes

Season 2

8 Episodes

Season 3

8 Episodes

Cast

Kevin Bacon

~ as ~

Jackie Rohr

Aldis Hodge

~ as ~

Decourcy Ward

Jill Hennessy

~ as ~

Jenny Rohr

Lauren E. Banks

~ as ~

Siobhan Quays

Amanda Clayton

~ as ~

Cathy Ryan

Blake Baumgartner

~ as ~

Kick Ryan

Matthew Del Negro

~ as ~

Chris Caysen

Mark O'Brien

~ as ~

Jimmy Ryan

Jonathan Tucker

~ as ~

Frankie Ryan

Sarah Shahi

~ as ~

Rachel Benham

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Reviews (2)

m
mazal
Written 4 year(s) ago
7
Wow. Really disappointing. I was excited for this series for two promised attractions: "The Boston Miracle" of 1990s fame; and Kevin Bacon. There is nothing at all related to the Harvard based research and problem-oriented policing project (also known as Operation Ceasefire or Boston Gun Project) that reduced group youth related gun homicides by as much as 40% in large cities across America in the 1990s—and cleaning up corruption.

While I can never completely hate Kevin Bacon, his wit and talent are wasted in City on a Hill—although not completely unwatchable. The Jackie Rohr role has Bacon riding the anti-hero wave of so-called "golden age of television," ushered in by Breaking Bad's Walter White (Bryan Cranston). Yet most characters in City are witless rehashes of old era television stereotypes, making Bacon's charmingly charmless Rohr comes off merely as an _SNL_ish cartoon sketch.

Btw, who is Chuck MacLean (creator)—he doesn't even rate a wikipedia page? City on a Hill has all the hallmarks of the worst of Ben Affleck (story/producer).. which is a shame because one out of every ten Affleck projects is really gorgeous for all the right reasons. The other nine come across like they were made on a bender between dry outs.

In the end City on a Hill is a middling crime serial with dumbed down talent.
m
mazal
Written 4 year(s) ago
7
Not "The Boston Miracle"

Wow. Really disappointing. I was excited for this series for two promised attractions: "The Boston Miracle" of 1990s fame; and Kevin Bacon. There is nothing at all related to the Harvard based research and problem-oriented policing project, also known as Operation Ceasefire or Boston Gun Project, that reduced group youth related gun homicides by as much as 40% in large cities across America in the 1990s-and cleaning up corruption.

While I can never completely hate Kevin Bacon, in City on a Hill his wit and talent are wasted, although not completely unwatchable. The Jackie Rohr role has Bacon riding the anti-hero wave of so-called "golden age of television" ushered in by Breaking Bad's Walter White (Bryan Cranston). Yet most characters in City are witless rehashes of old era television stereotypes, making Bacon's charmingly charmless Rohr comes off merely as an SNLish cartoon sketch.

Btw, who is Chuck MacLean (creator)-he doesn't even rate a wikipedia page? City on a Hill has all the hallmarks of the worst of Ben Affleck (story/producer).. which is a shame because one out of every ten Affleck projects is really gorgeous for all the right reasons. The other nine come across like they were made on a bender between dry outs.

In the end City on a Hill is just a middling crime serial with dumbed down talent.