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City on a Hill

City on a Hill

Boston, 1993. No one gets away clean.

20197.23 Seasons26 EpisodesCanceled

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 Tom Fontana
NetworksShowtime

Top Cast

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon

Jackie Rohr

Aldis Hodge

Aldis Hodge

Decourcy Ward

Jill Hennessy

Jill Hennessy

Jenny Rohr

Lauren E. Banks

Lauren E. Banks

Siobhan Quays

Matthew Del Negro

Matthew Del Negro

Chris Caysen

Catherine Ashmore Bradley

Catherine Ashmore Bradley

Julietta Caysen

Themes & Keywords

corruptionboston, massachusettsdirty copcriminal1990scriminal justice system

About City on a Hill

City on a Hill is a crime, drama series that first aired in 2019 exploring themes of corruption, boston, massachusetts, dirty cop, criminal, 1990s, criminal justice system. Created by Tom Fontana, it stars Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, Jill Hennessy. 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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