"Homicide: Life on the Street," was a game-changing television show when it launched in 1993. It was completely different to the formulaic police procedurals of the time, shot on handheld cameras, with no clear good or bad guys and a gritty approach to storytelling and visual style. It was loved by critics and discerning fans, but suffered from low ratings and network interference, though it still ran for seven seasons. Due to conflicts over music rights and the cost of adapting it to HD/4K, it went into TV purgatory, but now all 122 episodes and the movie are back on Peacock. For @TheConversationUS, media studies expert Summit Osur talks about how the show set the template for Peak TV.
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