THE HOT ZONE | Local Screening
May 27th at 9/8c
US: TV-14
National Geographic presents, The Hot Zone, a three-night limited series inspired by a true events about the origins of Ebola, a highly infectious and deadly virus from the central African rainforest and its arrival on US soil in 1989. When this killer suddenly appeared in monkeys in a scientific research lab in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., there was no known cure. A heroic U.S. Army scientist (Dr. Nancy Jaax as played by Julianna Margulies) working with a secret military specialized team put her life on the line to head off the outbreak before it spread to the human population.