The Hot Zone: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Based on the eponymous international bestseller by Richard Preston, The Hot Zone recounts the terrifying true story of the origins of the Ebola virus, a highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest and its first arrival on U.S. soil. In 1989, when this killer suddenly appears in chimpanzees in a scientific lab in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. — a stone's throw away from the White House — there is no known cure. A heroic U.S. Army veterinarian, working with a secret military SWAT team, puts herself in mortal peril when she tries to head off the outbreak before it spreads to the human population. The Hot Zone is a dramatic, hair-raising account of a rare and lethal virus and its impact on the human race.

Series details

• Title: The Hot Zone
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Science-Fiction, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2019-05-27
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-11-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: National Geographic
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 59 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 27379
• IMDb ID: tt4131818
• TVDB ID: 359477

Cast and credited roles

• Julianna Margulies — Dr. Nancy Jaax
• Noah Emmerich — Lt. Col. Jerry Jaax
• Topher Grace — Dr. Peter Jahrling
• Liam Cunningham — Wade Carter
• Tony Goldwyn — Dr. Bruce Ivins
• Daniel Dae Kim — Matthew Ryker
• James D'Arcy — Trevor Rhodes

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-05-27; final listed air date 2019-05-29; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2021-11-28; final listed air date 2021-11-30; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Hot Zone 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.