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2/16/20 (Su.)10:00 PMSHOWTIME(#101) MEET THE LORD






GOOD LORD BIRD, THE (SHOWTIME)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
10/4/20 - 11/15/20
STATUS:
canceled/ended (2020-2021 season)
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
SEASON(S):
1 (7 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air)
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
limited series
DESCRIPTION:
(from Showtime's press release, June 2020) THE GOOD LORD BIRD, starring Oscar(R) nominee Ethan Hawke as John Brown and Joshua Caleb Johnson, will premiere on Sunday, October 4 at 9 p.m. Based upon the National Book Award-winning novel by James McBride, THE GOOD LORD BIRD is told from the point of view of Onion (Johnson), a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's motley family of abolitionist soldiers and eventually finds himself participating in the famous 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry. THE GOOD LORD BIRD uniquely and unpredictably spotlights the complicated racial, religious and gender roles that make up the American identity.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Beau Knapp as Owen Brown
· Daveed Diggs as Frederick Douglass
· Ellar Coltrane as Salmon Brown
· Ethan Hawke as John Brown
· Hubert Point-Du Jour as Bob
· Jack Alcott as Jason Brown
· Joshua Caleb Johnson as Henry "Onion" Shackleford
· Mo Brings Plenty as Ottawa Jones
· Nick Eversman as John Brown Jr.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Albert Hughes as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Brian Taylor as EP
· David Schiff as EP
· Ethan Hawke as CRTR/EP
· James McBride as BOOK/EP
· Jason Blum as EP
· Jeremy Gold as EP
· Marci Wiseman as EP
· Mark Richard as CRTR/EP
· Marshall Persinger as EP
· Padraic McKinley as EP
· Ryan Hawke as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Blumhouse Television
· Mark 924 Entertainment
· Under The Influence