Tag: Underground

WGN America’s Underground To Inaugurate Oprah Winfrey Theater!

The National Museum of African American History and Culture will screen WGN’s critically acclaimed Underground as the inaugural event at the Oprah Winfrey Theater on Monday, September 26th (7 pm). The screening will be followed by a panel co-creator, writer and executive producer Misha Green and cast members Alano Miller (“Cato”), Amirah Vann (“Ernestine”), Jessica de […]

WGN America’s Underground To Screen at the White House!

WGN America’s critically acclaimed new series, Underground, will be screened at the White House on Monday, February 22nd as part of the White House Office of Public Engagement’s Black History Month event, These Hallowed Grounds. Prior to the screening will be panel discussions with the “Underground” cast and creative team, including executive producer John Legend, creators […]

WGN America Sets Underground Premiere Date; Releases Two Trailers!

WGN America’s Underground will premiere on Wednesday, March 9, 2016. The 10-episode, hour-long series follows a group of courageous men and women who use their ingenuity, power and perseverance to attempt the greatest escape in history and break free, despite the dire consequences that awaited them on the other side. Underground stars Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aldis Hodge and […]

First Look: WGN America’s Underground!

The first photos from WGN America’s new series Underground – about the underground railway that enabled slaves to leave their state of bondage and flee to Canada. This aggregation of character photos introduces the show’s main characters,  each with a message offering clues to the unflinching way to reach freedom in the greatest escape story […]