City on a Hill

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crime drama television series television series

City on a Hill is an American crime drama television series set in early-1990s Boston, exploring corruption and justice through the uneasy alliance between a corrupt FBI agent and an idealistic assistant district attorney.

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City on a Hill television franchise 1
City on a Hill universe 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime drama television series ⓘ
television series ⓘ
characterFocus assistant district attorney Decourcy Ward ⓘ
corrupt FBI agent Jackie Rohr ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Charlie MacLean ⓘ
executiveProducer Aldis Hodge ⓘ
Barry Levinson ⓘ
Ben Affleck ⓘ
Jennifer Todd ⓘ
Jill Hennessy ⓘ
Kevin Bacon ⓘ
Matt Damon ⓘ
Michael Cuesta ⓘ
Tom Fontana ⓘ
firstAiredOnChannel Showtime ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ
hasFictionalUniverseElement depiction of Boston criminal underworld ⓘ
depiction of systemic corruption in Boston law enforcement ⓘ
mainTheme corruption ⓘ
justice ⓘ
narrativeFocus uneasy alliance between a corrupt FBI agent and an idealistic assistant district attorney ⓘ
narrativeTone gritty ⓘ
realistic ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork Showtime ⓘ
pilotDirector Michael Cuesta ⓘ
portraysInstitution Boston Police Department ⓘ
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
surface form: FBI

Suffolk County District Attorney's Office ⓘ
productionCompany Little Mountain Films ⓘ
Pearl Street Films ⓘ
Showtime ⓘ
surface form: Showtime Networks
settingLocation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
settingTimePeriod early 1990s ⓘ
stars Aldis Hodge ⓘ
Amanda Clayton ⓘ
Jere Shea ⓘ
Jill Hennessy ⓘ
Jonathan Tucker ⓘ
Kevin Bacon ⓘ
Kevin Chapman ⓘ
Lauren E. Banks ⓘ
Mark O'Brien ⓘ
Sarah Shahi ⓘ

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subject surface form: Decourcy Ward
subject surface form: Jackie Rohr
Little Mountain Films → collaboratedOn → City on a Hill ⓘ
subject surface form: Decourcy Ward
subject surface form: Jackie Rohr
this entity surface form: City on a Hill universe
Aldis Hodge → notableWork → City on a Hill ⓘ
Charlie MacLean → notableWork → City on a Hill ⓘ
Jonathan Tucker → notableWork → City on a Hill ⓘ
Lauren E. Banks → notableWork → City on a Hill ⓘ
Mark O'Brien → notableWork → City on a Hill ⓘ
Pearl Street Films → notableWork → City on a Hill ⓘ
subject surface form: Decourcy Ward
this entity surface form: City on a Hill television franchise
The Hub → relatedTo → City on a Hill ⓘ
subject surface form: Decourcy Ward