Overview
- FX announced on June 24, 2026, that The Drop: A Snowfall Saga will debut Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT and will release one new episode weekly on FX and Hulu with international streaming on Disney+.
- The series follows returning Snowfall characters Wanda Bell and Leon Simmons as they try to build a music enterprise during the 1990s hip-hop boom while navigating the collision of music business and street politics.
- Gail Bean and Isaiah John return as series leads and the cast includes Mykelti Williamson, Nicki Micheaux, Brandon Mychal Smith, Isidora Goreshter, Eric Balfour, Richard Portnow, Zaire Adams, Demetrius Grosse, and Quincy Chad.
- Malcolm Spellman and Dave Andron serve as key creative voices with Thomas Schlamme, Julie DeJoie, Michael London, Trevor Engelson and Paul Garnes named as executive producers and FX Productions producing.
- The Drop continues the Snowfall franchise that ran from 2017–2023 and was created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, following development reports from 2023 and a pilot order in 2025 that led to this fall launch.