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The series revolves around the period of corruption and racism that prevailed in Boston in the 1990s. At this time, an African-American lawyer from Brooklyn arrived in the city to eliminate the corruption that has appeared everywhere. This lawyer collaborates with an FBI veteran to confront a group of armored vehicle thieves in a case that leads to completely unexpected paths.
14 December 1947, Buffalo, New York, USA
8 June 1965, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2 October 1962, Berkeley, California, USA
20 July 1964, New York City, New York, USA
3 October 1991, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 July 1950, London, England, UK
18 December 1967, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
February 4, 1993 in Surgut, Tyumen Oblast, Russia
June 18, 2019
Other than the series's insistence on beating the viewer over the head about its setting, it's a solid Boston crime drama, at least based on the pilot.
June 12, 2019
A showy command performance by Kevin Bacon won't be taking City on a Hill to new heights. It's enough, however, to give Showtime another Ray Donovan in terms of watchable, serviceable, jut-jawed crime hours.
June 12, 2019
A show that has just enough crackling dialogue and fascinating characters to keep its sometimes-clunky plot moving.
June 14, 2019
Just as the main characters in City on a Hill fight against the status quo of corruption, Fontana, as a writer and producer, has fought just as diligently against the bland status quo of television.
June 11, 2019
"City on a Hill" can get a little lost in the bureaucracy of what it's building, but those details are also what keep it grounded.
June 18, 2019
When the series isn't immersed in pulpy shenanigans, it aspires to be a sort of Bostonian The Wire.
June 17, 2019
The action in City on a Hill is staged competently enough, but it's nothing you haven't seen before in half a dozen or more premium cable shows. What makes City on a Hill go is the performances, especially those of Bacon and Hodge.
June 17, 2019
Considering the breadth of the series' narrative ambitions, as laid out by the premiere, there's a good chance that City on a Hill will find a way to dig deep and offer up the sort of character drama that may well make it a standout on Showtime.
June 12, 2019
It's good, if you like gritty crime drama and crooked cops; and...it's going to get better.
June 19, 2019
Gritty, violent crime drama explores racial tensions.
