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Im tv critic David Biancouley.
It must seem like every tv series ever made is available on some streaming service somewhere, but thats not true.
Try finding WKRP in Cincinnati or China beach or Franks Place or Brooklyn Bridge.
However, one show that has been missing from streaming services until now, one of tvs very best, finally arrives Monday, when Peacock begins streaming all seven seasons of homicide life on the street.
That cop show, set in Baltimore, ran on NBC from 1993 to 1999.
Its executive producers were Tom Fontana from St.
Elsewhere and film director Barry Levinson.
It was based on a book by David Simon, who later wrote for the show, then created a string of his own brilliant tv series, starting with the wire.
Homicide was groundbreaking tv in several different ways.
Entire scenes were acted from start to finish, like a stage play and filmed with a single camera.
That process was repeated several times with the camera operator capturing different angles.
And then finally, pieces from those different takes were edited together into one jarringly intense sequence.
Homicide also reflected the diverse population of Baltimore by having at the time the most integrated series cast on network television, and its actors, writers and directors were among tvs very best.
Today on Fresh Air, we'll listen back to interviews with two stars of Homicide, Andre Brower, who gave a fabulous performance each week as detective Frank Pembleton, and Clark Johnson, who co starred as detective Meldrick Lewis.
And we'll also hear from co executive producer Tom Fontana, who won an Emmy and a Peabody for writing the show's most famous episode, three men and Adina.
More on that in a moment.