Homicide: Second Shift
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Homicide: Second Shift was a pioneering Internet web series
that tied into the TV series Homicide: Life on the Street
. The web-show started 21 February 1997. The show featured detectives of the homicide squad that worked the second shift, after the television detectives went home for the day. Several of the characters from Homicide: Second Shift had cameos on Homicide: Life on the Street, and the show had one story crossover with the television show.
The on-air/online crossover—the first such crossover for NBC.—was a three-part story-line. “Homicide.com”, a season 7 episode Homicide: Life on the Street, was the middle part of the crossover with Homicide: Second Shift. Though the television episode was self-contained, parts one and three which were online only provided expanded context for the story.
The show was ultimately cancelled due to financial constraints. Having a separate cast of actors, scripts, and productions proved too expensive to be supported by internet-based advertising revenue of the time. The innovative web-show did, however, garner critical praise and win internet awards.
Web series
A web series is a series of episodes released on the Internet or also by mobile or cellular phone, and part of the newly emerging medium called web television. A single instance of a web series program is called an episode .While the popularity of web series is continuing to rise, the concept...
that tied into the TV series Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded by a TV movie, which also acted as the de-facto series finale...
. The web-show started 21 February 1997. The show featured detectives of the homicide squad that worked the second shift, after the television detectives went home for the day. Several of the characters from Homicide: Second Shift had cameos on Homicide: Life on the Street, and the show had one story crossover with the television show.
The on-air/online crossover—the first such crossover for NBC.—was a three-part story-line. “Homicide.com”, a season 7 episode Homicide: Life on the Street, was the middle part of the crossover with Homicide: Second Shift. Though the television episode was self-contained, parts one and three which were online only provided expanded context for the story.
The show was ultimately cancelled due to financial constraints. Having a separate cast of actors, scripts, and productions proved too expensive to be supported by internet-based advertising revenue of the time. The innovative web-show did, however, garner critical praise and win internet awards.
Cast
| Character | Portrayed by | Character Role |
|---|---|---|
| Walter F. Neal | Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi Joseph G. "Joe" Grifasi is an American character actor of film, stage and television.Grifasi was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Patricia and Joseph J. Grifasi, a skilled laborer. Grifasi graduated from Bishop Fallon High School, a now defunct Catholic high school in Buffalo. He played... |
Lieutenant |
| Raymonda "Ray" Cutler | Allison Janney Allison Janney Allison Brooks Janney is an American actress, best known for her role as C.J. Cregg on the television series The West Wing.- Personal life :... |
Detective |
| Layton "Lee" Johnson | Ray Anthony Thomas | Detective |
| Tony Bonaventura | Michael Ornstein | Detective |
| Joe Landau | Josh Pais Josh Pais Josh Pais is an American actor of film and television.He has appeared in many Hollywood films, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Raphael, Music of the Heart, Scream 3, It Runs in the Family, Little Manhattan and Find Me Guilty. He played Assistant M.E... |
Detective |
| L. Z. Austin | Murphy Guyer | Detective |