Snowfall: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Snowfall (2017): Drama, Crime. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.

By the Pop Culture Files editorial team•Updated September 30, 2026•2 min read•✓ Fact-checked

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Story and premise

Los Angeles, 1983. A storm is coming and it's name is crack. Snowfall is a one-hour drama set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and it's ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it. The story follows three characters on a violent collision course: Franklin Saint, young street entrepreneur on a quest for power; Gustavo "El Oso" Zapata, a Mexican wrestler caught up in a power struggle within a crime family; Teddy McDonald, a CIA operative running from a dark past who begins an off-book operation to fund the Nicaraguan Contras and Lucia Villanueva, the self-possessed daughter of a Mexican crime lord.

Series details

Title: Snowfall
Format: Scripted
Language: English
Genres: Drama, Crime
Premiere date: 2017-07-05
Final broadcast date listed: 2023-04-19
Status in TVmaze: Ended
Network listed by TVmaze: FX
Network country: United States
Typical episode runtime: 64 minutes
TVmaze community rating: 8/10
TVMaze ID: 2415

Cast and credited roles

Damson Idris — Franklin Saint
Carter Hudson — Teddy McDonald
Sergio Peris-Mencheta — Gustavo "El Oso" Zapata
Isaiah John — Leon Simmons
Angela Lewis — Louie Saint
Amin Joseph — Jerome Saint
Michael Hyatt — Sharon "Cissy" Saint
Gail Bean — Wanda Bell
Kevin Carroll — Alton Williams
Alon Aboutboul — Avi Drexler
Emily Rios — Lucia Villanueva
Devyn Ariel Tyler — Veronique Turner

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

Season 1: premiered 2017-07-05; final listed air date 2017-09-06; episode order: 10.
Season 2: premiered 2018-07-19; final listed air date 2018-09-20; episode order: 10.
Season 3: premiered 2019-07-10; final listed air date 2019-09-11; episode order: 10.
Season 4: premiered 2021-02-24; final listed air date 2021-04-21; episode order: 10.
Season 5: premiered 2022-02-23; final listed air date 2022-04-20; episode order: 10.
Season 6: premiered 2023-02-22; final listed air date 2023-04-19; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Snowfall 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.