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Showtime Gives Series Order to Kevin Bacon-Starring City on a Hill
Kevin Bacon as Jackie Rhodes, Aldis Hodge as Decourcy Ward, Mark O’Brien as Jimmy Ryan and Jonathan Tucker as Frankie Ryan in CITY ON A HILL. Photo: Eric Ogden/SHOWTIME
Showtime has ordered the Kevin Bacon-led crime drama City on a Hill to series. The first season will run twelve episodes and debut in 2019, according to the announcement. The series is executive produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon based on an original idea by Affleck.
Set in 1990s Boston, City on a Hill stars Bacon as corrupt FBI veteran Jackie Rohr, who teams up with assistant district attorney Decoucy Ward (Aldis Hodge) to catch a family of armored car robbers. The case eventually exposes a massive scandal within the city’s criminal justice system. Also starring in the series are Jonathan Tucker and Mark O’Brien as brothers Frankie and Jimmy, both of whom are members of the robbery gang, and Jill Hennessy as Jackie’s wife Jenny.
“City on a Hill has the veneer of a classic Boston cops-and-robbers drama, but actually dives head first into challenging the very institutions it depicts,” Showtime president and CEO David Nevins said in a statement. “In reality, the series is a penetrating look at the larger criminal justice system and those who operate within it, with mesmerizing performances by Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge anchoring the suspense.”
