Designated Survivor (TV series)

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Designated Survivor
Genre	Political thriller; Political drama; Conspiracy thriller;
Created by	David Guggenheim
Starring	Kiefer Sutherland; Natascha McElhone; Adan Canto; Italia Ricci; LaMonica Garrett; Tanner Buchanan; Kal Penn; Maggie Q; Jake Epstein; Paulo Costanzo; Zoe McLellan; Ben Lawson;
Theme music composer	Sean Callery; Paul Leonard-Morgan;
Composers	Sean Callery; Robert Lydecker; Paul Leonard-Morgan;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	53 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Mark Gordon; Nicholas Pepper; Jeff Melvoin; Jon Harmon Feldman; Kiefer Sutherland; Suzan Bymel; Paul McGuigan; Amy Harris; Aditya Sood; David Guggenheim; Simon Kinberg; Neal Baer;
Producers	Richard Klein; Ann Kindberg; Tommy Burns;
Production locations	Hamilton, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; Washington, D.C.;
Cinematography	M. David Mullen; David A. Harp;
Editor	Michael Schweitzer
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	42 minutes (seasons 1–2); 46–53 minutes (season 3);
Production companies	Kinberg Genre; The Mark Gordon Company; Baer Bones; ABC Studios (seasons 1–2);
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 21, 2016 –; May 16, 2018
Network	Netflix
Release	June 7, 2019
Related
	Designated Survivor: 60 Days

Designated Survivor is an American political thriller drama television series created by David Guggenheim.

It aired for three seasons, beginning on ABC and then exclusively on Netflix for the third and final season. Kiefer Sutherland stars as Thomas Kirkman, an American academic named as the designated survivor for the State of the Union address, who suddenly ascends from the position of U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to President of the United States after an explosion kills everyone ahead of him in the presidential line of succession. Kirkman deals with his inexperience as head of state while looking to uncover the truth behind the attack.

References

↑ "Sean Callery to Score ABC's 'Designated Survivor'". Film Music Reporter. April 13, 2016. Archived from the original on July 22, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
↑ "Paul Leonard-Morgan to Score 'Designated Survivor' Season 3". Film Music Reporter. November 5, 2018. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
↑ Ausiello, Michael (December 14, 2015). "Kiefer Sutherland in 'Designated Survivor' on ABC, Plays President". TVLine. Archived from the original on February 14, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.