# City on a Hill (TV series)

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. 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. On June 2, 2021, the series was renewed for a third season which began on July 31, 2022. On October 27, 2022, Showtime canceled the series after three seasons.

## Cast
### Main

* Kevin Bacon as Retired FBI Agent John "Jackie" Rohr
* Aldis Hodge as Assistant District Attorney DeCourcy Ward
* Jonathan Tucker as Francis "Frankie" Ryan
* Mark O'Brien as James "Jimmy" Ryan (Season 1-2)
* Lauren E. Banks as Siobhan Quay
* Amanda Clayton as Catherine "Cathy" Ryan
* Jere Shea as Massachusetts State Police Sergeant Hank Signa
* Kevin Chapman as Boston P.D. Detective J.R. "Dickie" Minogue
* Jill Hennessy as Jennifer "Jenny" Rohr
* Matthew Del Negro as Boston P.D. Detective Chris Caysen

### Recurring

* Cathy Moriarty as Dottie Ryan, Frankie and Jimmy's Mother
* Rory Culkin as Clay Roach
* Kevin Dunn as District Attorney Nathan Rey
* Vincent Elbaz as Boston Police Officer Hugo Rhys
* Zoe 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
* Jimmy Cummings as Tommy Hayes
* Georgina Reilly as Corie Struthers
* James Remar as Richard "Richy" Ryan, Frankie and Jimmy's Father
* Gloria Reuben as Eloise Hastings, Siobhan's Mother
* 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
* Corbin Bernsen as Sinclair Dryden, Jackie's mentor
* Joanne Kelly as Letitia Dryden, Sinclair's wife
* 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
* Shannon Wallace as Anton Campbell

## Episodes

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) (online) June 16, 2019 (2019-06-16) (Showtime) | August 18, 2019 (2019-08-18) |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | March 28, 2021 (2021-03-28) | May 16, 2021 (2021-05-16) |
| 3 | 8 | 8 | July 31, 2022 (2022-07-31) | September 25, 2022 (2022-09-25) |

### Season 1 (2019)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "The Night Flynn Sent the Cops on the Ice" | Michael Cuesta | Chuck MacLean | June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07) (online) June 16, 2019 (2019-06-16) (Showtime) | 0.532 |
| 2 | 2 | "What They Saw in Southie High" | Ed Bianchi | Chuck MacLean | June 23, 2019 (2019-06-23) | 0.446 |
| 3 | 3 | "If Only the Fool Would Persist in His Folly" | Christoph Schrewe | Emily Ragsdale | June 30, 2019 (2019-06-30) | 0.409 |
| 4 | 4 | "The Wickedness of the Wicked Shall Be Upon Himself" | Hagar Ben-Asher | J.M. Holmes | July 7, 2019 (2019-07-07) | 0.411 |
| 5 | 5 | "From Injustice Came the Way to Describe Justice" | Alex Zakrzewski | Michele McPhee | July 14, 2019 (2019-07-14) | 0.459 |
| 6 | 6 | "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" | Metin Hüseyin | Jorge Zamacona | July 21, 2019 (2019-07-21) | 0.406 |
| 7 | 7 | "There Are No Fucking Sides" | Kyra Sedgwick | Emily Ragsdale & J.M. Holmes | July 28, 2019 (2019-07-28) | 0.534 |
| 8 | 8 | "High on the Looming Gallows Tree" | Clark Johnson | Stephen Day | August 4, 2019 (2019-08-04) | 0.601 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Deaf Sage of Pompeii" | Adam Bernstein | Matthew Nemeth | August 11, 2019 (2019-08-11) | 0.555 |
| 10 | 10 | "Mayor Curley and the Last Hurrah" | Christoph Schrewe | Chuck MacLean | August 18, 2019 (2019-08-18) | 0.569 |

### Season 2 (2021)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 11 | 1 | "Bill Russell's Bedsheets" | Kevin Bacon | Chuck MacLean | March 28, 2021 (2021-03-28) | 0.372 |
| 12 | 2 | "I Need a Goat" | Ed Bianchi | Tamara P. Carter | April 4, 2021 (2021-04-04) | 0.353 |
| 13 | 3 | "Is the Total Black, Being Spoken" | Benny Boom and Hagar Ben-Asher | J.M. Holmes | April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11) | 0.347 |
| 14 | 4 | "Overtime White and Overtime Stupid" | Benny Boom | Regina Porter | April 18, 2021 (2021-04-18) | 0.372 |
| 15 | 5 | "East of Eden" | Christoph Schrewe | Jorge Zamacona | April 25, 2021 (2021-04-25) | 0.308 |
| 16 | 6 | "Don't Go Sayin Last Words" | Christoph Schrewe | Emily Ragsdale | May 2, 2021 (2021-05-02) | 0.426 |
| 17 | 7 | "Apophasis" | Clark Johnson | Matthew Nemeth | May 9, 2021 (2021-05-09) | 0.471 |
| 18 | 8 | "Pax Bostonia" | Clark Johnson | Jorge Zamacona & Haley Cameron | May 16, 2021 (2021-05-16) | 0.382 |

### Season 3 (2022)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 19 | 1 | "Gods and Monsters" | Christoph Schrewe | Jorge Zamacona | July 31, 2022 (2022-07-31) | 0.244 |
| 20 | 2 | "A Program of Complete Disorder" | Christoph Schrewe | J.M. Holmes | August 7, 2022 (2022-08-07) | 0.199 |
| 21 | 3 | "Speak When You're Angry" | Marshall Tyler | Emily Ragsdale | August 14, 2022 (2022-08-14) | 0.207 |
| 22 | 4 | "Ugly, Like I Said" | Marshall Tyler | Tamara P. Carter | August 28, 2022 (2022-08-28) | 0.289 |
| 23 | 5 | "Take Me Home" | Hagar Ben-Asher | Haley Cameron | September 4, 2022 (2022-09-04) | 0.224 |
| 24 | 6 | "Tenderness" | Hagar Ben-Asher | Regina Porter | September 11, 2022 (2022-09-11) | 0.167 |
| 25 | 7 | "Boston Bridges, Falling Down" | Ed Bianchi | Chris Andrien | September 18, 2022 (2022-09-18) | 0.258 |
| 26 | 8 | "Whipping Post" | Ed Bianchi | Matthew Nemeth | September 25, 2022 (2022-09-25) | 0.201 |

## Production

The show was picked up by Showtime in May 2018. Although set in early 1990s Boston, filming primarily took place took in New York City, with some external filming in Boston.

## Release

The series premiered on June 16, 2019.

## 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." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 65 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

### Ratings
#### Season 1

Viewership and ratings per episode of City on a Hill :
| 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 | — | — |
| 2 | "What They Saw in Southie High" | June 23, 2019 | 0.06 | 0.446 | 0.584 | 1.030 |
| 3 | "If Only the Fool Would Persist in His Folly" | June 30, 2019 | 0.04 | 0.409 | 0.571 | 0.980 |
| 4 | "The Wickedness of the Wicked Shall Be Upon Himself" | July 7, 2019 | 0.06 | 0.411 | 0.574 | 0.985 |
| 5 | "From Injustice Came the Way to Describe Justice" | July 14, 2019 | 0.06 | 0.459 | — | — |
| 6 | "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" | July 21, 2019 | 0.04 | 0.406 | — | — |
| 7 | "There Are No Fucking Sides" | July 28, 2019 | 0.06 | 0.534 | — | — |
| 8 | "High on the Looming Gallows Tree" | August 4, 2019 | 0.08 | 0.601 | 0.573 | 1.174 |
| 9 | "The Deaf Sage of Pompeii" | August 11, 2019 | 0.06 | 0.555 | — | — |
| 10 | "Mayor Curley and the Last Hurrah" | August 18, 2019 | 0.06 | 0.569 | — | — |

#### Season 2

Viewership and ratings per episode of City on a Hill :
| 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 | — | — |
| 2 | "I Need a Goat" | April 4, 2021 | 0.03 | 0.353 | — | — |
| 3 | "Is the Total Black, Being Spoken" | April 11, 2021 | 0.04 | 0.347 | 0.427 | 0.774 |
| 4 | "Overtime White and Overtime Stupid" | April 18, 2021 | 0.05 | 0.372 | 0.404 | 0.776 |
| 5 | "East of Eden" | April 25, 2021 | 0.03 | 0.308 | 0.358 | 0.666 |
| 6 | "Don't Go Sayin Last Words" | May 2, 2021 | 0.03 | 0.426 | 0.372 | 0.798 |
| 7 | "Apophasis" | May 9, 2021 | 0.07 | 0.471 | 0.420 | 0.891 |
| 8 | "Pax Bostonia" | May 16, 2021 | 0.03 | 0.382 | 0.387 | 0.769 |

#### Season 3

Viewership and ratings per episode of City on a Hill :
| 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 | TBD | TBD |
| 2 | "A Program of Complete Disorder" | August 7, 2022 | 0.02 | 0.199 | TBD | TBD |
| 3 | "Speak When You're Angry" | August 14, 2022 | 0.03 | 0.207 | TBD | TBD |
| 4 | "Ugly, Like I Said" | August 28, 2022 | 0.08 | 0.289 | TBD | TBD |
| 5 | "Take Me Home" | September 4, 2022 | 0.07 | 0.224 | TBD | TBD |
| 6 | "Tenderness" | September 11, 2022 | 0.00 | 0.167 | TBD | TBD |
| 7 | "Boston Bridges, Falling Down" | September 18, 2022 | 0.04 | 0.258 | TBD | TBD |
| 8 | "Whipping Post" | September 25, 2022 | 0.01 | 0.201 | TBD | TBD |