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.
Boston, 1993. No one gets away clean.
Creator: Chuck MacLean
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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Julietta Caysen 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 _*…
_**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 mer…
City on a Hill is a 2019 crime and drama TV series from the United States created by Chuck MacLean, starring Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge and Jill Hennessy. It first aired on June 16, 2019. The series has 3 seasons and 26 episodes on Showtime. Episodes run about 55 min, in English. Audiences rate it 7.3/10 from 197 votes — well received.
“Boston, 1993. No one gets away clean.”
City on a Hill premiered on June 16, 2019.
City on a Hill was created by Chuck MacLean.
The main cast includes Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, Jill Hennessy, Lauren E. Banks and Matthew Del Negro.
City on a Hill has 3 seasons (26 episodes). Status: Canceled.
No streaming service lists it for US yet. Add it to your watchlist and check back — availability updates regularly.
It holds an audience score of 7.3/10 from 197 ratings, so fans of crime and drama titles are its best audience. Read member reviews below or add your own.
🏆 Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations total
Every episode's audience rating at a glance — find the best (and worst) episodes before you binge.
| E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | |
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| S1 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| S2 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.7 | ||
| S3 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
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