High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam (2026)

Name: High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam
Rating: 5.0

TV-MA — Mature Audiences

Rating: 5.0

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Synopsis

In 2003, John Nixon, a CIA analyst became the first American to positively identify and interrogate Saddam Hussein. During their time together, Nixon began to understand the potential consequences of the invasion, the humanitarian horrors and geopolitical turbulences that would follow Saddam's deposing.

First Air Date: 2026-09-13

Last Air Date: 2026-09-27

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 8

Created By: Daniel Stiepleman, Jonathan Wakeham

Networks: TNT

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Top Cast

Joel Kinnaman as John Nixon
Lena Góra as Polly Stevens
Waleed Zuaiter as Saddam Hussein
Talia Balsam as Angela Jenkins
Dar Salim as Samir
Tom Berenger as Charles Nixon Sr.
Rebecca Night as Rebecca Nixon
Matthew Spencer as Nigel Holmes
Miles Yekinni as Major Doyle
Christopher McDonald as Gabe Vardakas

Seasons

Miniseries (2026)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Baghdad Burns (2026-09-13)

America invades Iraq, and Saddam Hussein vanishes. CIA analyst John Nixon mobilizes a task force to find him. On the embattled streets of Baghdad, Captain Samir hunts door to door for High Value Target No. 1.
Ep. 2: Into the Red Zone (2026-09-13)

Six months into the war, and still no sign of Saddam Hussein. John talks his way to Baghdad, with Samir assigned as his translator. John identifies a target with answers, leading him into the Red Zone.
Ep. 3: Blood Ties (2026-09-14)

Inside Abu Ghraib, John presses Saddam Hussein's cousin for the dictator's whereabouts. Unprepared, John gets drafted onto the chopper headed for operation Red Dawn.
Ep. 4: The Ace of Spades (2026-09-20)

John comes face-to-face with Saddam Hussein. All the while, the insurgents remount their attacks, and Baghdad burns.
Ep. 5: Enemy of My Enemy (2026-09-21)

In defiance of orders, John forges his way into hostile territory, and ends up in a chase for his life.
Ep. 6: The Devil You Know (2026-09-27)

After following Saddam's warning, John returns from Najaf with the realization that the real threat is Iran. Now he must convince The White House.
Ep. 7: The Reckoning (2026-09-28)

After two years and no WMDs, Iraq is in chaos and the White House is under political siege. With Saddam on trial, John Nixon tries to convince the CIA that saving Saddam is the only road to peace.
Ep. 8: Debriefing the President (2026-10-04)

John becomes a pariah in Washington by trying to save Saddam and warning about the coming threat of Iran. A meeting in the White House gives John one last chance to convince President Bush to alter the course of the Middle East.