I have. I think they're both based on the same material. Homicide had to be suitable for US networks, but it still did very well at being a non-procedural procedural that must have given the NBC execs serial nose bleeds with its dark storylines, unsolved murders, and constant non-bad-guy-chasing talky-talk (which gave time to some of the best dialogue written), not to mention the murder board. I suspect it, and The Wire, did very little for the Baltimore tourist industry. Personally, I never did (and still don't) like crab. Well, not having to dismember it myself.