Details
Episode:
WINNIPEG ONLY
Union:
Union
Area of media:
Mini-Series
Network:
Limited Series - (8 Episodes)
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
ACTRA + 110%
Deadline:
Sept 30, 2025
Auditions:
THIS WEEK - DATE TBC
Shooting starts:
November 2025
Shooting locations:
Winnipeg and Area
Cities for response:
Winnipeg
Comments
FRED HECKMAN is played by Jon Hamm
TONY KIRITSIS is played by Giovanni Ribisi
DICK HALL is played by Kristoffer Polaha
BARBARA HECKMAN is played by Mireille Enos
BEN HAIRSTON is played by William Jackson Harper
We are committed to diverse, inclusive casting. For every role, please submit qualified performers, without regard to disability, race, age, colour, national origin, ethnic origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Pay for the foregoing role(s) is governed by the currently effective ACTRA collective bargaining agreement and thus, will be no less than the minimum set forth therein and up to any "better conditions and terms" negotiated and obtained as expressly provided therein.
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 gun 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 of 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 | CHARLES WILSON | Male 43 - 49 Years old |
Description Can play the role of Male, 47, the type who doesn't like crowds and "reads a lot of Tolkein," he is another lawyer assigned to Tony's case and will be handling the civil side of things. Ever the rule abider, Wilson can be a bit of a nervous nelly. Probably the last person to be picked in a dodgeball game. CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | BILL HALL | Male 41 - 46 Years old |
Description Can play the role of Male, 43, the first born of a real estate magnate, and strangely evasive, he doesn't seem to grasp the severity of the situation when asked by the news media about the drafting of an apology by his real estate company. Even the fact that his own brother is being held hostage by an armed man does not have any impact on his responses. He's not a man to be rushed. CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | EFFIE | Female 58 - 65 Years old |
Description Can play the role of Female, 60, arthritic, seen with a walker, she is Tony's sister who lives alone in a trailer park. Reclusive and not sociable, she finally opens up to Ginny about how her brother scammed her out of her money. Effie is formidable in her own right. Once an aspiring journalist herself, she reads two newspapers a day. She is quick-witted with a biting tongue. CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | A.D.A. MARTZ | Male 38 - 47 Years old |
Description Can play the role of Male, 40s, this A.D.A. gets verbally combative with Ruckelshaus regarding his defence of allegedly corrupt cops. He's the Penn of Penn & Teller. Voluble and combative in contrast to the always quiet Rimstadt (Teller). CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | DETECTIVE HART | Male 32 - 42 Years old |
Description Can play the role of Male, he is a detective on hand at the apartment complex, the site of the ongoing hostage situation. He unwittingly opens up to Ginny, telling her that Tony isn't really a bad guy, also mentioning a falling-out with Tony and his sister... CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | M.L. HALL | Male 60 - 70 Years old |
Description Can play the role of Male, he is Dick's father, owner of Meridian Mortgage. Gravelly-voiced, careful with his words, dismissive of the fact that his son is being held hostage, he makes it very clear that he will not be apologizing. Ever. Taciturn. Steely. Runs the family with an iron fist. CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | PEARL | Male 75 - 85 Years old |
Description Can play the role of Female, this octogenarian with big glasses and always a pack of unfiltered Pall Malls in her housecoat pocket, allows some of the press to use her apartment (situated across the street from the site of the hostage situation) as a base of operation... CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | A.D.A. DAVID RIMSTIDT | Male 35 - 45 Years old |
Description Can play the role of Male, 38, he is the A.D.A. working with A.D.A. Martz on the case which alleges police corruption. He is the Teller, of Penn and Teller. Although he says nothing, his face is very expressive like he wants to say something but cannot. CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | OFFICER VIOLA | Male 28 - 45 Years old |
Description Can play the role of Male, this officer with the bomb squad gets confirmation that the building is rigged with explosives... CAUCASIAN | ||