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City on a Hill is an American crime drama television series created by Charlie MacLean, based on a story by Ben Affleck and MacLean. The series stars Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, Amanda Clayton, Cathy Moriarty, Kevin Dunn, and Jill Hennessy.[1][2] The series premiered on June 7, 2019 (online) and June 16, 2019 (Showtime). On August 2, 2019, Showtime renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on March 28, 2021.[3] On June 2, 2021, the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on July 31, 2022.[4][5] On October 27, 2022, Showtime cancelled the series after three seasons.[6]
Cast
Main
- Kevin Bacon as Retired FBI Agent John "Jackie" Rohr[7]
- Aldis Hodge as Assistant District Attorney DeCourcy Ward[7]
- Jonathan Tucker as Francis "Frankie" Ryan[8]
- Mark O'Brien as James "Jimmy" Ryan[9] (Season 1-2)
- Lauren E. Banks as Siobhan Quay[7]
- Amanda Clayton as Catherine "Cathy" Ryan[7]
- Jere Shea as Massachusetts State Police Sergeant Hank Signa[7]
- Kevin Chapman as Boston P.D. Detective J.R. "Dickie" Minogue[7]
- Jill Hennessy as Jennifer "Jenny" Rohr[10]
- Matthew Del Negro as Boston P.D. Detective Chris Caysen[11]
Recurring
- Cathy Moriarty as Dottie Ryan, Frankie and Jimmy's Mother
- Rory Culkin as Clay Roach
- Kevin Dunn as District Attorney Nathan Rey[8]
- Vincent Elbaz as Boston Police Officer Hugo Rhys
- Zoe Margaret Colletti (Season 1) and Lucia Ryan (Season 2) as Benedetta "Benny" Rohr, Jackie and Jenny's Daughter
- Mark Ryder as Father Diarmuid Doyle
- Sarah Shahi as Rachel Benham[12]
- Jimmy Cummings as Tommy Hayes
- Georgina Reilly as Corie Struthers[13]
- James Remar as Richard "Richy" Ryan, Frankie and Jimmy's Father[14]
- Gloria Reuben as Eloise Hastings, Siobhan's Mother[14]
- Kathryn Erbe as Sue Stanton
- Charles Brice as Louie Ward, DeCourcy's Brother and Louie's Father
- Ernie Hudson as Franklin Ward, DeCourcy's father[15]
- Corbin Bernsen as Sinclair Dryden, Jackie's mentor[15]
- Joanne Kelly as Letitia Dryden, Sinclair's wife[15]
- Michael O'Keefe as Salvy Clasby
- Seth Gilliam as Reverend Jasper Fields
- Lee Tergesen as Vito "The Pig" Lupo
- Amr Elsheikh as Moustafa Mody
- Gary Perez as Felix Knight
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 10 | June 7, 2019 (online) June 16, 2019 (Showtime) | August 18, 2019 | |
| 2 | 8 | March 28, 2021 | May 16, 2021 | |
| 3 | 8 | July 31, 2022 | September 25, 2022 | |
Season 1 (2019)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Night Flynn Sent the Cops on the Ice" | Michael Cuesta | Chuck MacLean | June 7, 2019 (online) June 16, 2019 (Showtime) | 0.532[16] |
| 2 | 2 | "What They Saw in Southie High" | Ed Bianchi | Chuck MacLean | June 23, 2019 | 0.446[17] |
| 3 | 3 | "If Only the Fool Would Persist in His Folly" | Christoph Schrewe | Emily Ragsdale | June 30, 2019 | 0.409[18] |
| 4 | 4 | "The Wickedness of the Wicked Shall Be Upon Himself" | Hagar Ben-Asher | J.M. Holmes | July 7, 2019 | 0.411[19] |
| 5 | 5 | "From Injustice Came the Way to Describe Justice" | Alex Zakrzewski | Michele McPhee | July 14, 2019 | 0.459[20] |
| 6 | 6 | "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" | Metin Hüseyin | Jorge Zamacona | July 21, 2019 | 0.406[21] |
| 7 | 7 | "There Are No Fucking Sides" | Kyra Sedgwick | Emily Ragsdale & J.M. Holmes | July 28, 2019 | 0.534[22] |
| 8 | 8 | "High on the Looming Gallows Tree" | Clark Johnson | Stephen Day | August 4, 2019 | 0.601[23] |
| 9 | 9 | "The Deaf Sage of Pompeii" | Adam Bernstein | Matthew Nemeth | August 11, 2019 | 0.555[24] |
| 10 | 10 | "Mayor Curley and the Last Hurrah" | Christoph Schrewe | Chuck MacLean | August 18, 2019 | 0.569[25] |
Season 2 (2021)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "Bill Russell's Bedsheets" | Kevin Bacon | Chuck MacLean | March 28, 2021 | 0.372[26] |
| 12 | 2 | "I Need a Goat" | Ed Bianchi | Tamara P. Carter | April 4, 2021 | 0.353[27] |
| 13 | 3 | "Is the Total Black, Being Spoken" | Benny Boom and Hagar Ben-Asher | J.M. Holmes | April 11, 2021 | 0.347[28] |
| 14 | 4 | "Overtime White and Overtime Stupid" | Benny Boom | Regina Porter | April 18, 2021 | 0.372[29] |
| 15 | 5 | "East of Eden" | Christoph Schrewe | Jorge Zamacona | April 25, 2021 | 0.308[30] |
| 16 | 6 | "Don't Go Sayin Last Words" | Christoph Schrewe | Emily Ragsdale | May 2, 2021 | 0.426[31] |
| 17 | 7 | "Apophasis" | Clark Johnson | Matthew Nemeth | May 9, 2021 | 0.471[32] |
| 18 | 8 | "Pax Bostonia" | Clark Johnson | Jorge Zamacona & Haley Cameron | May 16, 2021 | 0.382[33] |
Season 3 (2022)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [34] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [34] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 1 | "Gods and Monsters" | Christoph Schrewe | Jorge Zamacona | July 31, 2022 | 0.244[35] |
| 20 | 2 | "A Program of Complete Disorder" | Christoph Schrewe | J.M. Holmes | August 7, 2022 | 0.199[36] |
| 21 | 3 | "Speak When You're Angry" | Marshall Tyler | Emily Ragsdale | August 14, 2022 | 0.207[37] |
| 22 | 4 | "Ugly, Like I Said" | Marshall Tyler | Tamara P. Carter | August 28, 2022 | 0.289[38] |
| 23 | 5 | "Take Me Home" | Hagar Ben-Asher | Haley Cameron | September 4, 2022 | 0.224[39] |
| 24 | 6 | "Tenderness" | Hagar Ben-Asher | Regina Porter | September 11, 2022 | 0.167[40] |
| 25 | 7 | "Boston Bridges, Falling Down" | Ed Bianchi | Chris Andrien | September 18, 2022 | 0.258[41] |
| 26 | 8 | "Whipping Post" | Ed Bianchi | Matthew Nemeth | September 25, 2022 | 0.201[42] |
Development
The show was picked up by Showtime in May 2018.[43]
Release
The series premiered on June 16, 2019.[44]
Reception
Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 76% approval rating with an average score of 6.9/10, based on 37 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Though City on a Hill's meandering story can't quite match its ambitions, it's entertaining—and even occasionally riveting—to watch Kevin Bacon and company take on bureaucracy."[45] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 65 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[46]
Ratings
Season 1
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Night Flynn Sent the Cops on the Ice" | June 16, 2019 | 0.07 | 0.532[16] | — | — |
| 2 | "What They Saw in Southie High" | June 23, 2019 | 0.06 | 0.446[17] | 0.584 | 1.030[47] |
| 3 | "If Only the Fool Would Persist in His Folly" | June 30, 2019 | 0.04 | 0.409[18] | 0.571 | 0.980[48] |
| 4 | "The Wickedness of the Wicked Shall Be Upon Himself" | July 7, 2019 | 0.06 | 0.411[19] | 0.574 | 0.985[49] |
| 5 | "From Injustice Came the Way to Describe Justice" | July 14, 2019 | 0.06 | 0.459[20] | — | — |
| 6 | "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" | July 21, 2019 | 0.04 | 0.406[21] | — | — |
| 7 | "There Are No Fucking Sides" | July 28, 2019 | 0.06 | 0.534[22] | — | — |
| 8 | "High on the Looming Gallows Tree" | August 4, 2019 | 0.08 | 0.601[23] | 0.573 | 1.174[50] |
| 9 | "The Deaf Sage of Pompeii" | August 11, 2019 | 0.06 | 0.555[24] | — | — |
| 10 | "Mayor Curley and the Last Hurrah" | August 18, 2019 | 0.06 | 0.569[25] | — | — |
Season 2
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bill Russell's Bedsheets" | March 28, 2021 | 0.06 | 0.372[26] | — | — |
| 2 | "I Need a Goat" | April 4, 2021 | 0.03 | 0.353[27] | — | — |
| 3 | "Is the Total Black, Being Spoken" | April 11, 2021 | 0.04 | 0.347[28] | 0.427 | 0.774[51] |
| 4 | "Overtime White and Overtime Stupid" | April 18, 2021 | 0.05 | 0.372[29] | 0.404 | 0.776[52] |
| 5 | "East of Eden" | April 25, 2021 | 0.03 | 0.308[30] | 0.358 | 0.666[53] |
| 6 | "Don't Go Sayin Last Words" | May 2, 2021 | 0.03 | 0.426[31] | 0.372 | 0.798[54] |
| 7 | "Apophasis" | May 9, 2021 | 0.07 | 0.471[32] | 0.420 | 0.891[55] |
| 8 | "Pax Bostonia" | May 16, 2021 | 0.03 | 0.382[33] | 0.387 | 0.769[33] |
Season 3
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Gods and Monsters" | July 31, 2022 | 0.06 | 0.244[35] | TBD | TBD |
| 2 | "A Program of Complete Disorder" | August 7, 2022 | 0.02 | 0.199[36] | TBD | TBD |
| 3 | "Speak When You're Angry" | August 14, 2022 | 0.03 | 0.207[37] | TBD | TBD |
| 4 | "Ugly, Like I Said" | August 28, 2022 | 0.08 | 0.289[38] | TBD | TBD |
| 5 | "Take Me Home" | September 4, 2022 | 0.07 | 0.224[39] | TBD | TBD |
| 6 | "Tenderness" | September 11, 2022 | 0.00 | 0.167[40] | TBD | TBD |
| 7 | "Boston Bridges, Falling Down" | September 18, 2022 | 0.04 | 0.258[41] | TBD | TBD |
| 8 | "Whipping Post" | September 25, 2022 | 0.01 | 0.201[42] | TBD | TBD |
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