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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