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I tried watching Homicide: Life On The Streets
It ran for 7 seasons, 122 episodes, from 93-99. The homicide unit characters were just cool. I liked all of them. I also liked the grittiness of the filming, as explained in the second paragraph below.
While it featured an ensemble cast, Andre Braugher emerged as a breakout star through his portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton. The show won TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama in 1996, 1997, and 1998. It also became the first drama ever to win three Peabody Awards for Drama, those being in 1993, 1995, and 1997. It received recognition from the Directors Guild of America Awards, Humanitas Prize, Q Awards, Writers Guild of America Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards. In 1997, the fifth-season episode Prison Riot was ranked No. 32 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
Homicide's purpose was to provide its viewers with a no-nonsense, police procedural-type glimpse into the lives of a squad of inner-city detectives. As opposed to many television shows and movies involving cops, Homicide initially opted for a bleak sort of realism in its depiction of "The Job", portraying it as repetitive, spiritually draining, an existential threat to one's psyche, often glamour- and glory-free—but, nonetheless, a social necessity. In its attempt to do so, Homicide developed a trademark feel and look that distinguished itself from its contemporaries. Wikipedia
I was sorry that Andre Braugher passed away in 2023, aged 61. His death was attributed to lung cancer, with which he had been diagnosed a few months prior.