Homicide: Life on the Street makes its streaming debut 25 years after the series finale
Longtime fans of the NBC Police Drama will now be able to watch it on Peacock, 25 years after it finished. All seven seasons, starring Andre Braugher, Daniel Baldwin, Richard Belzer, Melissa Leo, Giancarlo Esposito, and others, are now available to stream, including a TV movie and Law & Order crossover episodes.
The pioneering police series aired from 1993 to 1999 and followed the tough detective work of a Baltimore homicide department, according to the official logline. Because of licensing and copyright concerns, it took years for NBCUniversal to reach an agreement to bring Homicide to their streaming site.
In a tweet to X in June, Homicide producer and writer David Simon stated that the show’s rights “were negotiated long ago before streaming existed as a viewing platform” and that “fair compensation for the new use needed to be negotiated.”
He informed positive fans that NBC had “managed to finally secure the music rights necessary to sell Homicide: Life On The Streets to a streaming platform” and that the show would be returning soon.
“Andre, Richard, Yaphet, Ned, and so many others who laboured on that wonderful show on both sides of the camera will soon regain a full share of their legacy,” the actor said.
“What interesting is that as an actor, he almost invariably exceeded what you thought you might get,” he told me at the time. “That’s what I thought was remarkable about him: he kept things simple and didn’t have a lot to do. He met and beyond your expectations.
“That’s how he operated as an actor and as a person. “I don’t think you can give more praise to a person who I think was a fantastic individual and a wonderful actor,” he added.
Homicide: Life on the Street is available to stream on Peacock.
