TV series
Underground
Overview
A group of slaves plan a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them back, dead or alive.
Details
- First air date
- 2016-03-09
- Status
- Canceled
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 20 episodes
- Genres
- Drama
- Network
- WGN America
- Production
- Sony Pictures Television, Get Lifted Film Co., Safehouse Pictures, Afemme, Weed Road Pictures, Wandering Rocks Productions, Tribune Studios
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Aldis Hodge as Noah
- Jurnee Smollett as Rosalee
- Christopher Meloni as August Pullman
- Jessica De Gouw as Elizabeth Hawkes
- Alano Miller as Cato
- Brady Permenter as Ben Pullman
- Darielle Stewart as Boo
- Amirah Vann as Ernestine
- Reed Diamond as Tom Macon
- Shalita McFarland as Gullah Slave (uncredited)
- Marc Blucas as John Hawkes
- Johnny Ray Gill as Sam
Creators and crew
- Joe Pokaski - Creator
- Misha Green - Creator
- Mike Jackson - Executive Producer
- Joe Pokaski - Executive Producer
- Joby Harold - Executive Producer
- Anthony Hemingway - Executive Producer
Seasons
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