City on Fire (TV series)
City on Fire is an American crime drama television series created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, based on the novel of the same name by Garth Risk Hallberg. It aired from May 12 to June 16, 2023 on Apple TV+. In August 2023, the series was canceled after one season. Plot
After Samantha Yeung was shot in Central Park, New York City on July 4, 2003, the investigation into her shooting reveals the crucial connection between a series of mysterious city-wide fires, the downtown music scene, and a wealthy uptown real estate family fraying under the strain of the many secrets they keep. Cast
 Wyatt Oleff as Charlie
 Chase Sui Wonders as Samantha Yeung
 Jemima Kirke as Regan Hamilton Sweeney
 Nico Tortorella as William Hamilton Sweeney
 Ashley Zukerman as Keith
 Xavier Clyde as Mercer
 Max Milner as Nicky Chaos
 Alexandra Doke as Sewer Girl
 Omid Abtahi as Detective Ali Parsa
 Kathleen Munroe as Detective PJ McFadden
 John Cameron Mitchell as Amory Gould
 Michael Tow as Joe Yeung
 Alexander Pineiro as Sol
 Amel Khalil as Sherry Parsa
 Beth Malone as Felicia Gould
 Shawnee Smith as Ramona
 Geoff Pierson as Bill Sr

Production

Development
On June 30, 2021, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage were set to write and serve as showrunners for an 8-episode TV series adaptation of Garth Risk Hallberg's novel City on Fire, with Schwartz, Savage and Lis Rowinski producing the series through Fake Empire Productions. Apple TV+ was set to distribute the series. On October 29, 2021, Jesse Peretz was set to direct the first 2 episodes and to also produce the series. City on Fire aired from May 12 to June 16, 2023 on Apple TV+. On August 3, 2023, Apple TV+ canceled the series after one season. Casting
On October 29, 2021, Wyatt Oleff was cast. On January 19, 2022, Chase Sui Wonders joined the cast. Additional casting was announced in March 2022. Filming
Filming for the series began by April 2022 under the working title Brass Tactics. Episodes

Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 39% approval rating with an average rating of 5.0/10, based on 23 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Spread thinly across run-of-the-mill characters in an unconvincing setting, City on Fire is akin to getting doused with a cold bucket of water." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 45 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". References

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2020s American crime drama television series
2023 American television series debuts
2023 American television series endings
Apple TV+ original programming
English-language television shows
Television series set in 2003
Television shows based on American novels
Television shows set in New York City