City on a Hill

Name: City on a Hill
Genre: Drama
Released: June 16, 2019
Rating: 65

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SHOWTIME | Release Date: June 16, 2019

Summary: Set in 1990s Boston, FBI agent Jackie Rohr (Kevin Bacon) and ADA Decoucy Ward (Aldis Hodge) team up to catch a family who robs armored car that leads to a wider case of corruption in the entire criminal justice system in Boston.

Genre(s): Drama

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Glenn Garvin

Jun 14, 2019

Season 1 Review: Partly concocted from leftover bits of the previous Boston crime movies made by executive producers Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (particularly Affleck's 2010 production The Town), and partly from screenwriter Chuck MacLean's fictionalized account of the political cleanup known locally as the Boston Miracle, City on a Hill could reasonably be mistaken for a Bean Town version of The Wire. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Jun 12, 2019

Season 1 Review: The dialogue is crisp but never sounds forced or clichéd. These are fast-talkers and fast-movers who often speak and act before they think, and it takes someone who has a history of managing large casts across multiple storylines to really bring a show like this one together. It helps to have an ensemble who all seems to be on the same page as well, and there’s not a weak link in this one. Read full review

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Jun 13, 2019

Season 1 Review: After an energetic start and a nice twist at the end of Episode 1, City on a Hill slows its pace a bit. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Jun 12, 2019

Season 1 Review: None of it feels particularly fresh, but most of it’s well-executed, and the talent in front of and behind the camera is promising enough to earn patience. It seems like the sort of show you’ll like if you like this sort of show. Read full review

Tyler Aquilina

Jun 8, 2019

Season 1 Review: The show is inessential, but potential abounds. [14/21 Jun 2019, p.101]

Amy Amatangelo

Jun 12, 2019

Season 1 Review: Showrunner Tom Fontana, whose previous series include the iconic St. Elsewhere and Homicide, knows how to commandeer a sprawling cast and story. But in City on a Hill there’s too much silliness to rein in and too many clichés to overcome. Read full review

Kathryn VanArendonk

Jun 14, 2019

Season 1 Review: In its first three episodes, City on a Hill doesn’t quite manage to sketch out the broad institutional framework that underpins a show like The Wire, and it also fails to make any of its primary characters especially endearing in a way that buys the show time for the rest of its mechanisms to click into place. Read full review

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Moriarty111

Apr 5, 2021

Just binged the first season. So good. And the second season is off to a good start too.

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UncleWillard

Mar 29, 2021

Wow, where did this come from? I had never heard of it, but thought I'd give it a whirl. I mean, Kevin Bacon, right? What a pleasant surprise. Loving it so far. Bacon is excellent, and Aldus Hodge is also killing it. Kind of like The Town meets The Wire, and that is a good thing. I'm in halfWow, where did this come from? I had never heard of it, but thought I'd give it a whirl. I mean, Kevin Bacon, right? What a pleasant surprise. Loving it so far. Bacon is excellent, and Aldus Hodge is also killing it. Kind of like The Town meets The Wire, and that is a good thing. I'm in half way to the first season now, but it's definitely been binge-worthy.… Expand

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silviaebarber

Apr 25, 2021

Great show. The whole cast is great but Kevin Bacon steals the show. Story is good. Direction is good.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: July 31, 2022
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Season 2

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  Air Date: March 28, 2021
Season 1

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  Air Date: June 16, 2019