“According to Variety, NBC’s Homicide: Life on the Street will finally make its way to a streaming platform. The Universal Television series and the film Homicide: The Movie will premiere in the U.S. on Peacock. The series will be on the streaming platform on August 19 and has been remastered in high definition and 4K for the first time.
As per Variety, the series didn’t make its way to streaming platform last year after the death of star Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), who played Detective Frank Pembleton. Writer and producer David Simon (The Wire) posted on his X account that the series would be heading to streaming services.
Simon said, “I have been informed by a reliable source that NBC/Universal is at last attempting, along with Fremantle on the overseas rights, to clear music rights on #Homicide for eventual streaming. Lot of work to do achieve that, however, I am also told,” Simon wrote. “Andre alone ought to rate such.”
“In June, Simon gave an update to his foreshadowed announcement on his X account: “Word is that NBC has managed to finally secure the music rights necessary to sell ‘Homicide: Life On The Streets’ to a streaming platform.” He continued, “Andre, Richard, Yaphet, Ned and so many others who labored on that wonderful show on both sides of the camera will soon regain a full share of their legacy. In the case of Homicide, the rights were negotiated long ago before streaming existed as a viewing platform. A fair compensation for the new use needed to be negotiated
According to Variety, Universal describes the series as follows: “examines the calculating and exacting detective work of the often confrontational, passionate, and opinionated homicide department in Baltimore. With a determined cast of characters that never let up in their quest for truth and justice, this gripping hourlong series remains the standard bearer of how police handle the job both professionally and personally.”
Homicide: Life on the Street is distributed by NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution in the U.S.