{"id":9466,"date":"2018-05-17T14:04:39","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T18:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kevin-bacon-drama-city-hill-ordered-series-showtime\/"},"modified":"2018-05-18T10:54:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T14:54:15","slug":"kevin-bacon-drama-city-on-a-hill-ordered-to-series-at-showtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kevin-bacon-drama-city-on-a-hill-ordered-to-series-at-showtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Bacon Drama City on a Hill Ordered to Series at Showtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Showtime has ordered the drama series <em>City on a Hill<\/em>, starring Kevin Bacon (<em>The Following<\/em>) and Aldis Hodge (<em>Underground<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Created by Chuck MacLean (<i>Boston Strangler<\/i>), the series is based on an original idea by Ben Affleck. A 12-episode order has been placed, with a premiere slated for 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In the early 1990s, Boston was rife with violent criminals emboldened by local law enforcement agencies in which corruption and racism was the norm\u2014and then it all changed in what was called the \u201cBoston Miracle.\u201d The series presents a fictional account of what was driving that change, centered on assistant district attorney Decourcy Ward (Hodge), who comes from Brooklyn and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran, Jackie Rhodes (Bacon).<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Affleck,\u00a0Matt Damon and Emmy nominee Jennifer Todd (<i>Jason Bourne, Memento<\/i>) serve as EPs for Pearl Street Films<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>City on a Hill<\/em> has the veneer of a classic Boston cops-and-robbers drama, but actually dives head first into challenging the very institutions it depicts,\u201d said David Nevins, president and CEO of Showtime Networks. \u201cIn 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.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showtime has ordered the drama series City on a Hill, starring Kevin Bacon (The Following) and Aldis Hodge (Underground).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":9467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[2221,166],"class_list":["post-9466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-city-on-a-hill","tag-showtime","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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