Conversation so far:
What is Homicide Life on the street?
The publishers of Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets were eager for a screen adaptation.
Did they get a screen adaption?
award-winning TV series Homicide: Life on the Street.
What role did David play?
He collaborated with his old college friend David Mills to write the season two premiere.
Was the show well received?
Simon and Mills won the WGA Award for Best Writing in a Drama for the episode.
Was David a good writer?
The project became the award-winning TV series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-1999), on which Simon worked as a writer and producer.

Question: What did Simon think of the show?
Self-contained rewrite: What did David Simon think of the Homicide: Life on the Street show?