Sky Witness Sets August UK Premiere Date For Shondaland’s ‘For the People’
As we announced a few weeks ago, Sky Living will become Sky Witness in August, and as part of that launch, the “new” channel has set the UK premiere date for Shondaland’s new legal drama ‘For the People‘.
‘For The People’ is set in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a.k.a. “The Mother Court”). The show follows six talented young lawyers working on opposite sides of the law and handling the most high-profile and high-stakes federal cases in the country. These young lawyers will be put to the test both personally and professionally as their lives intersect in and out of America’s most prestigious trial court.
Best friends Sandra Bell (Britt Robertson) and Allison Adams (Jasmin Savoy Brown) serve as public defenders alongside Jay Simmons (Wesam Keesh) and their boss, Federal Public Defender Jill Carlan (Hope Davis). They face off against prosecutors Seth Oliver (Ben Rappaport), Leonard Knox (Regé-Jean Page), Kate Littlejohn (Susannah Flood) and their supervisor, chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Roger Gunn (Ben Shenkman).
Our lawyers are joined by Judge Nicholas Byrne (Vondie Curtis-Hall), who rules on some of the court’s most controversial cases, and Tina Krissman (Anna Deavere Smith), the formidable clerk of Court who keeps everyone in line.
The show comes from production powerhouse Shondaland, the people behind hits such as ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘Scandal’, and ‘How to Get Away with Murder’. ‘For the People’ is created by Shondaland’s Paul William Davies, who executive produces alongside Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers and Tom Verica.
‘For the People‘ premieres in the UK on Monday, 6th August 2018 at 10pm on Sky Witness & NOW TV.
