CITY ON A HILL: Watch the Premiere of the New Showtime Series Now!

SHOWTIME has released the pilot for CITY ON A HILL ahead of its Sunday, June 16 premiere.

Per Showtime, “set in early ’90s Boston, where racism is endemic and crime is widespread, the series follows an unlikely alliance between FBI agent Jackie Rohr (Kevin Bacon) and Assistant District Attorney Decourcy Ward (Aldis Hodge).” The series also stars Jonathan Tucker, Mark O’Brien, Lauren E. Banks, Amanda Clayton, Jere Shea, Kevin Chapman, and Jill Hennessy. Sarah Shahi is among the guest stars in the first season.

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CITY ON A HILL: Showtime Sets June Premiere

Showtime will debut CITY ON A HILL CITY on Sunday, June 16 at 9/8c, it was announced at during the premium channel’s Television Critics Association session.

Per Showtime, “The series is set in early 1990s Boston, rife with criminals emboldened by local law enforcement agencies in which corruption and racism was the norm. In this fictional account, assistant district attorney Decourcy Ward (Aldis Hodge) arrives from Brooklyn and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran, Jackie Rohr (Kevin Bacon). Together, they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to involve, and ultimately subvert, the entire criminal justice system of Boston.” CITY ON A HILL stars Jonathan Tucker, Mark O’Brien, Jill Hennessy, Lauren E. Banks, Amanda Clayton, Sarah Shahi, Kevin Chapman, and Jere Shea. Kevin Dunn recurs.

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CITY ON A HILL: Sarah Shahi Joins Showtime Drama

CITY ON A HILL, a new Showtime series starring Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge, has added Sarah Shahi.

Shahi—who recently starred on NBC’s REVERIE and whose credits include PERSON OF INTEREST, THE L WORD, and FAIRLY LEGAL—will recur on the drama as Rachel Behnam, “a street-smart investigator for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.”

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