Scripted series · FX
The Drop: A Snowfall Saga
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Gail Bean
Wanda Bell
8 eps
Isaiah John
Leon Simmons
8 eps
Asante Blackk
8 eps
Peyton Alex Smith
8 eps
Simmie Sims III
8 eps
Mykelti Williamson
8 eps
Nicki Micheaux
8 eps
Brandon Mychal Smith
8 eps
Isidora Goreshter
8 eps
Eric Balfour
8 eps
Richard Portnow
8 eps
Zaire Adams
8 eps
Demetrius Grosse
8 eps
Quincy Chad
Big Deon
8 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Drop: A Snowfall Saga actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Drop: A Snowfall Saga reads strongest on Serialized, Cliffhanger Intensity and Tension.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The story
What it's about
In 1990s Los Angeles, Wanda and Leon fight to take West Coast rap mainstream while gang wars erupt and record labels move to exploit hip hop culture for their own gain.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Malcolm SpellmanExecutive Producer
- Michael LondonExecutive Producer
- Julie DeJoieExecutive Producer
- Trevor EngelsonExecutive Producer
- Dave AndronExecutive Producer
- Thomas SchlammeExecutive Producer
Writing
- Malcolm SpellmanWriter
Where to watch
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