There are a lot of actors from the Canadian show Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001) that are part of the cast of this show.
This is the first American TV Show to be premiered in 2017, along with another American TV show named The Mick (2017).
The series is inspired by the real life negotiators Laurent Combalbert and Marwan Mery who both served as consultants for Ransom (2017).
Ransom (2017) is an internationally co-produced drama television series created by David Vainola and directed by Frank Spotnitz, starring Luke Roberts, that began airing on CBS. Ordered straight-to-series with 13 episodes on June 6, 2016, the series is a co-production between Canada's Global, France's TF1, the United States' CBS, and Germany's RTL, while the latter is airing the series on its sister network VOX. The series premiered on Global and CBS on January 1, 2017.
The series follows Eric Beaumont, an experienced crisis and hostage negotiator, and his team, who solve kidnap and ransom cases involving the most dangerous criminals in the world.