Overview
- TNT announced on Aug. 5 and 6 that the series will launch with two episodes on Sunday, Sept. 13, continue with episodes on Sundays and Mondays and conclude with a finale on Oct. 4.
- Joel Kinnaman stars as John Nixon, the CIA officer who led the first interrogation of Saddam Hussein after his December 2003 capture, and Waleed Zuaiter plays Saddam with a broad supporting cast that includes Tom Berenger and Christopher McDonald.
- The eight-episode drama is adapted from Nixon’s memoir Debriefing the President and was created by Daniel Stiepleman and Jonathan Wakeham with writers and directors including Leslie Greif and Graham Sack.
- TNT released a trailer that centers on tense Nixon–Hussein interrogation scenes and highlights the series’ focus on questions about the whereabouts of weapons of mass destruction.
- Turner backing and producers AR Content and Big Dreams Entertainment frame the show as a character-driven look at a controversial episode of the Iraq War that could reopen public debate and prompt renewed attention to veterans’ and policymakers’ perspectives.