“American Hostage” is a new upcoming crime thriller television anthology series directed by Adam Arkin, created by Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers, based on the podcast of the same name, starring Jon Hamm, Hamm, Mireille Enos, William Jackson Harper, Giovanni Ribisi and Kristoffer Polaha, streaming September 20, 2026 on MGM+:
“…in Season 1, Indianapolis radio reporter ‘Fred Heckman’ is thrust…
“…into the middle of a life-or-death crisis….
“…when hostage-taker ‘Tony Kiritsis’…
“…demands to be interviewed on Heckman’s popular radio news program…”
