Genre Crime | Drama | Thriller
Cast Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, Jonathan Tucker, Mark O’Brien
Rating TV-MA
Series Premiere June 16th, 2019 9:00 PM EST (Showtime)
“In 1990’s Boston, an assistant district attorney and a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran work together to take on a case that grows to involve, and ultimately subvert, the entire criminal justice system of Boston.”
City on a Hill is a Showtime drama series set in the early 1990’s when Boston was rife with violent criminals emboldened by local law enforcement agencies in which corruption and racism was the norm - and then it all changed in what was called the "Boston Miracle." In this fictional account, assistant district attorney Decourcy Ward comes from Brooklyn and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran, Jackie Rohr. Together, they take on a family of armored car robbers in a case that grows to involve, and ultimately subvert, the entire criminal justice system of Boston. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, City on a Hill:
Kevin bacon played a police officer in Mystic River (2003) also set in Boston .