High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam

High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam is an eight-episode TNT limited series inspired by CIA analyst John Nixon’s memoir Debriefing the President. Joel Kinnaman plays Nixon, the first CIA officer to interrogate Saddam Hussein after his capture in December 2003, while Waleed Zuaiter portrays Hussein. The political thriller follows the search, capture and high-stakes questioning as Nixon seeks answers about weapons of mass destruction and confronts consequences of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The ensemble also includes Lena Góra, Rebecca Night, Tom Berenger, Paul Ryan, Christopher McDonald, Dar Salim, Matt Barr, Ewan Miller and Talia Balsam. Daniel Stiepleman and Jonathan Wakeham created the series. Leslie Greif, Graham Sack, Stiepleman and Wakeham are the announced writers, with Greif directing. AR Content and Big Dreams Entertainment produced it. The first two episodes premiere on TNT on September 13, 2026, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Episode three follows September 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, with later episodes announced for Sunday and Monday evenings and the finale set for October 4. A streaming date, streaming platform, international rollout, individual runtimes, complete character list and scene-by-scene historical validation remain unannounced in the checked official material. This is a dramatization, not a documentary.