Homicide: Life on the Street season 2
The second season of Homicide: Life on the Street, an American police procedural drama television series, originally aired in the United States between January 6 and January 27, 1994. Due to low Nielsen ratings during the first season, NBC executives decided to order only a four-episode season, after which they would evaluate the ratings and decide whether to renew the show. Homicide was moved to a new timeslot of Thursdays at 10 p.m. EST, temporarily replacing the legal drama L.A. Law. NBC requested several changes from the series, including fewer episode subplots and less camera movements and jump cuts.
Homicide executive producer Barry Levinson said NBC's decision to evaluate the series after a four-episode season placed a great deal of pressure on the staff.
The second season marked the debut of Jean de Segonzac as Homicide's director of photography.
Ned Beatty, who was critical of the business aspect of television filming, was initially reported to be leaving Homicide before the season began, but those reports proved untrue.
"Bop Gun" was co-written by David Simon, author of Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, from which the series was adapted.
Homicide: Life on the Street season 1
The first season of Homicide: Life on the Street, an American police procedural drama television series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between January 31 and March 31, 1993. The show was created by Paul Attanasio, with film director Barry Levinson and television writer and producer Tom Fontana serving as executive producers. Adapted from David Simon's 1991 non-fiction book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, the season followed the fictional detectives of Baltimore Police Department homicide unit and the murder cases they investigate. The show was broadcast on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EST, with the exception of the series premiere, which aired immediately after Super Bowl XXVII.
Homicide: Life on the Street was adapted from Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, a 1991 non-fiction book by David Simon (pictured).
Film director Barry Levinson was executive producer of Homicide: Life on the Street.
Ned Beatty, the best-known cast member when the series debuted, hesitated in accepting because he feared NBC would turn Homicide into a typical police drama.
Richard Belzer earned the first of 459 credits, in 9 different television series, for the role of Detective John Munch in the first episode of Homicide.