HBO 'Here and Now' Premiere Date Set; Drama Comes From 'True Blood' Creator Alan Ball
"True Blood" creator Alan Ball returns with a new series on HBO. "Here and Now" launches its first season with 10 episodes on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 9 p.m. EST.
Ball, who also wrote "Six Feet Under" for HBO, created another provocative series that reflect real-life situations. "Here and Now" charts the lives of a couple with multi-ethnic adopted children. Their stories might open questions and reflections from viewers. What are this family's challenges in today's America? Are their challenges relatable to typical American families?
Tim Robbins (Greg) and Holly Hunter (Audrey) lead the cast as the parents. Joining the seasoned actors are Sosie Bacon (Kristen), Andy Bean (Henry), Jerrika Hinton (Ashley), Raymond Lee (Duc), Joe Williamson (Malcolm) and Daniel Zovatto (Ramon).
Lee plays an adoptee from Vietnam who grows up as a successful life coach. He's driven and ambitious but there is stuff about his past that Duc refuses to face.
Hinton, who quit "Grey's Anatomy" for "Here and Now," plays an online retail store owner born to Somalian refugees. Ashley became an adoptee when the state deported her real parent and she never felt she truly belonged to a family.
Zovatto plays an adoptee from a Colombian orphanage. Ramon, who's in college, is sensitive and charming but he experiences unexplained hallucinations once in a while.
Bacon, the daughter of actor Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, is the only biological child in this modern family. Kristen, a high school student, is the youngest of her siblings who feels she doesn't have an identity.
Problems unravel in the family when Ramon's hallucinations become more evident. Does Ramon have a mental illness and how deep does this affect his parents and siblings?
HBO ordered "Here and Now" to series in July 2016. Casting rounded up in February and filming soon followed. The network also released the show's first teaser in confirming its debut date.
