Overview
- TNT announced Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, that the series will premiere Sept. 13 with a two-episode launch, followed by a third episode on Sept. 14 and weekly Sunday–Monday airings through an Oct. 4 finale.
- Joel Kinnaman plays CIA analyst John Nixon and Waleed Zuaiter portrays Saddam Hussein, supported by an ensemble that includes Lena Góra, Rebecca Night, Tom Berenger and others.
- The eight-episode drama is adapted from Nixon’s memoir Debriefing the President and was co-created by Daniel Stiepleman and Jonathan Wakeham with a writers’ room that includes Leslie Greif and Graham Sack.
- TNT released an intense trailer alongside the announcement that frames the story as Nixon’s effort to press Hussein on the existence and location of weapons of mass destruction without revealing plot outcomes.
- Producers and critics note the project engages a sensitive chapter of U.S. foreign policy and could renew public attention to how post‑2003 intelligence about WMDs shaped the Iraq invasion and the lives of veterans and Iraqi civilians.