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AMERICAN HOSTAGE (MGM PLUS)
Premieres Sunday, September 20
BROADCAST HISTORY:
9/20/26 - ???
STATUS:
new this fall (yet to premiere)
TIME SLOT:
sundays from 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (8 episodes)
DESCRIPTION:
(from MGM+'s press release, August 2026) Today, MGM+ released the key art, official trailer and new images for American Hostage, a high-stakes anthology series, starring and executive produced by Emmy Award winner Jon Hamm. Co-created by Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers, the eight-episode series debuts Sunday, September 20 with a two-episode premiere, followed by weekly episodes through the finale on Sunday, November 1 on MGM+. From Sony Pictures Television, American Hostage is set for a World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Based on the acclaimed first season of the scripted podcast of the same name, American Hostage is a psychological thriller set in the 1970s that tells the harrowing true story of Fred Heckman, a beloved Indianapolis radio reporter who is thrust into the middle of a life-or-death crisis when hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis demands to be interviewed on his popular radio news program.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Giovanni Ribisi as Tony Kiritsis
· Jon Hamm as Fred Heckman
· Jonathan Tucker as Cormac McNally
· Kat Cunning as Ibby Hall
· Kristoffer Polaha as Dick Hall
· Mireille Enos as Barbara
· William Jackson Harper as Ben Hairston
CREW INFORMATION:
· Adam Arkin as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Connie Tavel as EP
· Eileen Myers as CRTR/EP
· Gabriel Mason as EP
· Marney Hochman as EP
· Sharon Hoffman as EP
· Shawn Christensen as EP
· Shawn Ryan as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· MiddKid Productions
· Sony Pictures Television