Wanda and Leon are coming back. “The Drop: A Snowfall Saga,” the spinoff series picking up where the beloved FX drama left off, will premiere Tuesday, September 8, at 9 p.m. ET on FX and Hulu, with new episodes rolling out weekly. The eight-episode series will also be available internationally on Disney+.
Gail Bean and Isaiah John return as Wanda Bell and Leon Simmons, characters who became fan favorites over the course of “Snowfall’s” six-season run. Where the original series tracked the crack cocaine epidemic tearing through 1980s Los Angeles, “The Drop” moves the clock forward to the 1990s, placing Wanda and Leon at the center of a new cultural eruption: the rise of West Coast rap.
Wanda enters the series convinced that West Coast rap has the power to reshape American culture. She sets out to assemble a ragtag group of talent and navigate the dangerous overlap of music and street politics, leaning on her cousins Lamar Kinsey, played by Asante Blackk, and James Kinsey, played by Peyton Alex Smith, while pursuing volatile local rapper Artillery, played by Simmie “Buddy” Sims III. An internship with former D-boy-turned-label-owner Darryl “DG” Grant, played by Brandon Mychal Smith, opens doors but creates new friction with Leon, who has left the streets behind to run a free legal clinic.
The cast also includes Mykelti Williamson, Nicki Micheaux, Isidora Goreshter, Eric Balfour, Richard Portnow, Zaire Adams, Demetrius Grosse and Quincy Chad, who reprises his “Snowfall” role as Big Deon.
The series is executive produced by showrunner Malcolm Spellman alongside Dave Andron, Thomas Schlamme, Julie DeJoie, Michael London, Trevor Engelson and Paul Garnes. FX Productions produces.
“Snowfall,” created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, ran on FX from 2017 to 2023. “The Drop” was first rumored to be in development in 2023 and received a pilot order in 2025.