WGN America Releases First Look of John Legend as Frederick Douglass in “Underground”

Season 2 – Episode 205

WGN America has released a first look image of Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Award winning artistย John Legendย asย renowned abolitionist Frederick Douglass in the hit series โ€œUnderground.โ€ย Legend, who is an executive producer alongside the series creators,ย Misha Greenย andย Joe Pokaski, guest stars in the highly anticipated second season returningย Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Continuing with the seriesโ€™ bold, contemporary soundtrack that keeps up with the urgency of the storytelling, the season two premiere also features a new,ย original song from Legend entitled, โ€œIn America”ย as well as Beyoncรฉโ€™s Grammy-nominated smash singleย โ€œFreedom.โ€

Season two of the 10-episode, hour-long series follows an unremitting struggle for freedom within a divided America on the brink of civil war, each side vying to enact their own justice.ย  In the premiere, a desperate Rosaleeย (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), anxiously awaits Noahโ€™s (Aldis Hodge) release from prison, and joins forces with Harriet Tubman (Aisha Hinds)ย to fend off slave catchers and secure the safe passage of runaways.ย  As John (Marc Blucas) battles for Noahโ€™s freedom in the courtroom, Elizabethโ€™s (Jessica de Gouw) take a more subversive path to abolitionism, entering into a secret society known as โ€œthe sewing circle.โ€ Meanwhile, Ernestine (Amirah Vann)ย struggles with personal demons and seductive vices at a new plantation.ย  The fight for freedom continues, even as tragedy strikes.ย  In celebration of the season two launch, fans are invited to โ€œtweet upโ€ with the cast and creative team as they live tweet the premiere episode, @UndergroundWGN.ย  Fans can also catch up with โ€œUndergroundโ€ in advance of premiere with a day-long, full season one marathon of airing Wednesday March 8, 2017, beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET/PT.

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