MadMenalumJonHammandproducerShawnRyan(S.W.A.T.,TheNightAgent)areteamingonalive-actiontelevisionseriesadaptationofthepodcastAmericanHostage,withHammsettoreprisehisrolefromtheaudioseries,Deadlinehasconfirmed.AmericanHostageisdescribedasa“psychologicalthrillerthattellstheharrowingtruestoryofFredHeckman,abelovedIndianapolisradioreporterwhoisthrustintothemiddleofalife-or-deathcrisiswhenhostage-taker,TonyKiritsis,demandstobeinterviewedonhispopularradionewsprogram.”HammwillreprisehispodcastroleasHeckman.