WASHINGTON BLACK (HULU)
Premieres Wednesday, July 23
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
7/23/25
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STATUS:
new this summer (yet to premiere) |
TIME SLOT:
wednesdays from 12:01 AM-1:00 AM EST |
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (8 episodes) |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
limited series |
DESCRIPTION:
(from Hulu's press release, May 2025) Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, "Washington Black" follows the 19th-century odyssey of George Washington "Wash" Black, an eleven-year-old boy born on a Barbados sugar plantation, whose prodigious scientific mind sets him on a path of unexpected destiny. When a harrowing incident forces Wash to flee, he is thrust into a globe-spanning adventure that challenges and reshapes his understanding of family, freedom and love. As he navigates uncharted lands and impossible odds, Wash finds the courage to imagine a future beyond the confines of the society he was born into. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Eddie Karanja as Young Wash
· Edward Bluemel as William "Billy" McGee
· Ernest Kingsley, Jr. as George Washington "Wash" Black
· Iola Evans as Tanna Goff
· Rupert Graves as Mr. Goff
· Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Miss Angie
· Sterling K. Brown as Medwin Harris
· Tom Ellis as Christopher "Titch" Wilde
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Anthony Hemingway as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· D.J. Goldberg as EP
· Ellen Goldsmith-Vein as EP
· Esi Edugyan as BOOK/CO-PROD
· Jennifer Johnson as EP
· Jeremy Bell as EP
· Kim Harrison as EP
· Lindsay Williams as EP
· Mo Marable as EP
· Rob Seidenglanz as EP
· Selwyn Seyfu Hinds as CRTR/EP
· Sterling K. Brown as EP
· Wanuri Kahiu as EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 20th Television
· Anthony Hemingway Productions
· Gotham Group, The
· Indian Meadows Productions
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