First Look At Jon Hamm’s Thriller Series ‘American Hostage’

By Neill Frazer · Managing Editor / Ent.Critic
May 6, 2026 · 1 min read

First Look At Jon Hamm’s Thriller Series ‘American Hostage’ — Image Credit: IMDB

MGM+ has released the first look at American Hostage, an eight-episode crime thriller starring Jon Hamm that dramatizes a real 1977 standoff in Indianapolis. Jon Hamm portrays Fred Heckman, a radio reporter who finds himself caught in a life-or-death situation when Tony Kiritsis, wielding a shotgun, takes mortgage broker Dick Hall hostage and demands to be interviewed on Heckman’s popular news show. Giovanni Ribisi appears as Kiritsis, while Kristoffer Polaha plays Hall. The initial image offers a glimpse of Hamm inside the radio station, appearing slightly tense.

Here's a first look at our new show American Hostage, starring Jon Hamm, Giovanni Ribisi, Mireille Enos, Kristoffer Polaha, William Jackson Harper and Jonathan Tucker. Coming to MGM+ this fall.https://t.co/VEIOqdtvv1
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) May 5, 2026