EXCLUSIVE: Fox‘s anthology series Accused has added Debra Winger (An Officer and a Gentleman), Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King) and Christine Ebersole (Wolf of Wall Street) to its Season 2 cast.
Matthew James Thomas, who appeared in Season 1, will return in a new role. Season 2 premieres Tuesday, October 8 at 8 p.m., a new date following a delay due to the upcoming Vice Presidential debate.
Accused is a collection of intense, topical human stories of crime and punishment. Told from the defendant’s point of view through flashbacks, each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city with an entirely original cast.
The series is based on the BBC BAFTA Award-winning crime anthology of the same name created by Jimmy McGovern. The series also stars Felicity Huffman, William H.
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