Category 6: Day of Destruction: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The miniseries focuses primarily on the city of Chicago as three unusual storm systems approach from the west, north and south and combine over the city to form a massive hurricane. At the same time a hacker-induced power outage cuts communications leaving a journalist and power officials scrambling to find the cause.

Series details

• Title: Category 6: Day of Destruction
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Action
• Premiere date: 2004-11-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 2004-11-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 120 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 33054
• TVDB ID: 197351

Cast and credited roles

• Thomas Gibson — Mitch Benson
• Nancy McKeon — Amy Harkin
• Chandra West — Rebecca Kerns
• Brian Markinson — Chris Haywood
• Nancy Sakovich — Jane Benson
• Randy Quaid — Tornado Tommy Dixon
• Dianne Wiest — Shirley Abbott
• Brian Dennehy — Andy Goodman

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2004-11-14; final listed air date 2004-11-17.

Source and licence

Adapted from Category 6: Day of Destruction 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.