There was no Dick Wolf on the payroll and no dark-dark sound effects for new locations, but Homicide: Life on the Street still remains an unofficial addition to the Law & Order universe.
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Before joining New York City's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Detective John Munch (Richard Belzer) investigated murders in Baltimore as one of Homicide's crime solvers.
Created by Paul Attansio and based on a book by David Simon, creator of The Wire, Homicide is one of our picks for the best shows of the ‘90s , the most culturally influential shows of all time , and (sadly) the great TV shows that aren’t currently available to stream. (That unavailability may be fixed soon, Simon says.)
And Belzer was far from the only actor to land a Law & Order gig after a Homicide stint. Check out others below as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Homicide's series finale on May 21.
