Black Bird: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Inspired by actual events, when high school football hero, decorated policeman's son and convicted drug dealer Jimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison, he is given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall, or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his only way out is to elicit a confession and find out where the bodies of several young girls are buried before Hall's appeal goes through. But is this suspected killer telling the truth? Or is it just another tale from a serial liar?

Series details

• Title: Black Bird
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2022-07-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-08-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Apple TV
• Typical episode runtime: 58 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 53147
• IMDb ID: tt4301160
• TVDB ID: 401998

Cast and credited roles

• Paul Walter Hauser — Larry Hall
• Taron Egerton — James "Jimmy" Keene, Jr.
• Ray Liotta — James "Big Jim" Keene, Sr.
• Greg Kinnear — Brian Miller
• Sepideh Moafi — Special Agent Lauren McCauley

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-07-08; final listed air date 2022-08-05; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Black Bird on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.