Details
Union:
Union
Area of media:
TV Series
Network:
Limited Series (8)
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
ACTRA + 110% buyout
Deadline:
Sept 20, 2025
Auditions:
next week (TBC Thursday and Friday)
Callbacks:
TBC
Shooting starts:
November 2025
Shooting locations:
Winnipeg and Area
Cities for response:
Winnipeg
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There are more episodes, but this breakdown has most of the recurring characters on it, so please don't wait to see what else is coming.
There are more episodes, but this breakdown has most of the recurring characters on it, so please don't wait to see what else is coming.
Storyline
Based on a true story. In 1977, at a local radio news station in Indianapolis, beloved on-air broadcaster Fred Heckman (Jon Hamm) is facing a tough decision: stay with the home news station that's been his lifeblood the last twenty-two years, or move his family to New York City, where a big job at CBS awaits him. As he ponders his decision, a breaking news story captures the town's attention: volatile TONY KIRITSIS is holding DICK HALL, the president of a mortgage company, hostage with a shotgun rigged to his head, in protest of the mortgage company's upcoming foreclosure of Tony's commercial property. Tony wants to be heard live on air with Fred Heckman to tell his story. Fred is all for it -- it's the biggest breaking news story in town, maybe the country right now -- but he comes up against pressure from his GM and the FCC. Tony liberally uses profanity, and there's also the possibility that he just might go ahead and shoot Dick during the live interview. Fred and his colleagues grapple with the dilemma of how to tell a vital news story and still maintain some responsibility to listeners -- and how much power the sponsors, the FCC, and a nervous station manager should have over the airing or dismissing of real news…
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | PAUL | Male 25 - 35 Years old |
Description Male, late 20s, earnest, hard-working, smart, Paul is one of Fred's reporters who happens to be the first to call in about the breaking story of Tony Kiritsis taking Dick Hall hostage. On the street, his knapsack full of radio equipment, Paul is in the right place at the right time, as he follows Tony, his gun aimed at the back of Dick's head, through the streets, along with the cops. Shocked at the actual sight, Paul is surprised that the police have orders to do nothing and just let the kidnapper walk out of the building with his hostage...RECURRING CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | CLINT | Male 30 - 40 Years old |
Description Male, 30s, a mutton-chopped chain smoker, Clint is the engineer at the news station. In between Fred's news reports, during commercials, Clint has a routine banter with Fred, whom he clearly likes and respects. He sets up the studio for the interview with Tony Kiritsis...RECURRING CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | PAM | Female 40 - 50 Years old |
Description Female, White, 40s, head of sales, smart, a good team member, Pam sides with station manager Jerry about the fallout from hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis' doing a live interview with Fred. Pam can see how the listeners as well as the FCC might object to Tony's language, not to mention possibly losing advertisers...RECURRING CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | FRANCO | Male 25 - 35 Years old |
Description Male, Latino, late 20s, good-natured, Franco is the sports guy at the news radio station. He's at the staff meeting with everyone else, where he joins O'Brien in gently ribbing Ginny as she pitches her story...RECURRING LATAIN AMERICAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | O'BRIEN | Male 30 - 40 Years old |
Description Male, White, 30s, good-natured, fun but on the ball when it comes to the job, O'Brien is one of Fred's reporters at the news station. He's busy typing up copy from Fred and Ben's notes as they all hustle to stay on top of the breaking news story of Tony Kiritsis' taking banker Dick Hall hostage. O'Brien is shocked when station manager Jerry doesn't want to let Tony call in to Fred for a live interview -- to O'Brien, this is a huge story that any other radio station would kill to get...RECURRING CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | HELEN | Female 20 - 28 Years old |
Description Female, 20s, timid-looking, Helen's a temp at the news station who last summer filled in at Meridian Mortgage, where Tony Kiritisis now has Dick Hall as a hostage. When Fred asks if anyone knows someone who works at Meridian Mortgage, Helen speaks up and agrees to talk to one of her friends in the typing pool there. She later reports back to Fred about a friend who's willing to talk to the reporters...RECURRING CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | OFFICER DAVID MILLER | Male 32 - 38 Years old |
Description Male, 34, trained to be calm and reassuring no matter the circumstances, Officer Miller mans a phone at his desk at the police call center (this is before the days of 911). He can't quite believe what he's hearing when a volatile Tony Kiritsis calls in to say that he's holding a gun at Dick Hall's head, but he stays calm and tries to get as much information out of Tony as he can, confirming the situation with Dick Hall and passing notes to fellow officers as he continues to talk with Tony… CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | PASTOR GREGG | Male 45 - 65 Years old |
Description Male, Black, 60s, serene, secure in his ministry, genuine in his desire to help another human being, without fear for his own personal safety, Pastor Gregg sees Tony Kiritsis on the street with hostage Dick Hall. He comes over to see what's going on and reassures Tony of God's love. He also asks Tony to let Dick go and take him in his place… BLACK | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | SGT. FOLINO | 40 - 50 Years old |
Description Male, 40s, experienced, good in a crisis, Sgt. Folino is on the street outside the building where Tony Kiritsis has taken banker Dick Hall hostage. With his orders not to interfere with Tony, who's got a dead man's line to his shotgun from Dick's neck, Sgt. Folino is just trying to keep things calm. Sgt. Folino has a good rapport with Tony, who likes and trusts police, and tries to talk to him in a soothing way, especially in the face of a rookie who's a little too trigger happy… CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | OFFICER DWYER | Male 22 - 28 Years old |
Description Male, 25, a rookie cop, Officer Dwyer is one of the police officers watching Tony Kiritsis walk his hostage, Dick Hall, down the street, a shotgun pointed to his head. When Dwyer sees Tony reach for another gun in his waistband, he draws his gun and points it at Tony, despite orders from his superiors to leave Tony alone. Dwyer doesn't want to back down, even when Sgt. Folino tells him he can put his gun away… CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | CAMERAMAN | Male 28 - 38 Years old |
Description Male, this local TV cameraman arrives on the scene as Tony Kiritsis leaves Merdian Mortgage with his hostage, Dick Hall. He can't believe what he's seeing, but he keeps his camera going and trained on Tony and Dick as they walk down the street... CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | ANGIE | Female 20 - 30 Years old |
Description Female, 20s-30s, she's the receptionist at Meridian Mortgage, where she asks the person in the waiting room, Tony Kiritsis, if she can get him some water or coffee… CAUCASIAN | ||