WGN Sets January Return for ‘Outsiders’

By R. Thomas Umstead
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WGN will launch the second season of its hit original series Outsiders on Jan. 24, the network announced Tuesday.

The series, which follows the exploits of a family who will use any means necessary to defend their legacy of living atop a mountain for more than two hundred years, averaged 2.8 million viewers in Nielsen Live+7 ratings during its freshman run earlier this year.

The series stars David Morse (Treme, Hurt Locker) Thomas M. Wright (The Bridge, Top of the Lake), Ryan Hurst (Sons of Anarchy, Bates Motel), Gillian Alexy (The Americans, Damages) and Kyle Gallner (American Sniper, Veronica Mars)

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.