Details
Episode:
Recurring - WINNIPEG ONLY
Union:
Union
Area of media:
TV Series
Network:
Limited Series - (8 Episodes)
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
ACTRA + 110%
Deadline:
Aug 30, 2025
Auditions:
Late next week
Callbacks:
TBC
Shooting starts:
November 2025
Shooting locations:
Winnipeg and environs
Cities for response:
Winnipeg
Comments
FRED HECKMAN - JON HAMM
Storyline
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 | GINNY | Female 25 - 29 Years old |
Description Character portrayed is Caucasian, Female presenting, late 20s, intelligent, ambitious, confident, Fred's assistant, Ginny is an aspiring reporter and part of Fred Heckman's news team at the radio station. She fits in well with the easy banter and camaraderie of the other staffers and doesn't mind being ribbed a bit as she pitches her ideas for new stories. A valuable member of the team, Ginny is with Fred and the others as they watch the first harrowing footage of Tony and his hostage Dick Hall walking down a city street (while Ginny holds the TV's rabbit ear antennae so the picture doesn't fuzz out). Ginny feels strongly that their station manager, Jerry, is a coward for not wanting to have Tony on the air live with Fred... | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | JERRY | Male 35 - 55 Years old |
Description Character portrayed is Caucasian, Male presenting, 40s, the station manager, not a guy to rock the boat, Jerry works well with Fred Heckman, the news director. However, Jerry is not happy about Fred's insistence that they put the volatile Tony Kiritsis on the air, live, so he can explain his side of the story as he holds banker Dick Hall hostage. Jerry's worried about a lot of things: the FCC fining them $300 for every curse word Tony utters, the possibility that Tony might kill Dick on the air, and how their advertising sponsors will react. Jerry is concerned about everything except the ethical/moral obligation of keeping listeners informed of an important breaking story; but on the other hand, Jerry is very concerned with keeping the lights on at the station, with everyone's job intact...*Please inlude actors with comedy background. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | JUDY | Female 28 - 35 Years old |
Description Character portrayed is Female, 30s, on top of things, practical, clear-thinking, Judy is the receptionist at the radio station. She's the one who first tells Fred that a reporter has called in about the hostage situation, and later insists that a busy Fred stop and take the phone call when the hostage-taker himself calls in. Like the others, Judy is both fascinated and horrified by Tony Kiritsis' taking Dick Hall hostage, but she sees station manager Jerry's reluctance to run the story live -- it could be the end of the station, and their jobs...BIPOC | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | POLICE CHIEF EUGENE GALLAGHER | Male 50 - 60 Years old |
Description Character portrayed is Caucasian, Male presenting, 50s, profane and wiley but not unhinged, Gallagher has come to the news station at station manager Jerry's request, to tell them how to deal with the volatile Tony Kiritsis when he calls in for a live interview... | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | JOHN RUCKLEHAUS | Male 40 - 50 Years old |
Description Character portrayed is Caucasian, Male presenting, late 40s, the type who loves to see himself on a billboard, he is one of the lawyers assigned to Tony's case. He's a glad-hander, a politician first, a lawyer second... | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | JIMMIE | Male 44 - 50 Years old |
Description Character portrayed is Caucasian, Male presenting, late 40s - early 50s, Male, Jimmie is Tony’s beloved, protective, reassuring older brother who is currently campaigning for Sheriff. Although his association with Tony could hurt his campaign, Jimmie’s professionalism and public relations skills allows him to turn the story into his favor while making a case for his brother. He knows how to make moussaka just like his mother and tries his best to calm his brother down… | ||