Salvation

Salvation is an American suspense drama television series, credited by Liz Kruger, Craig Shapio and Matt Wheeler that premiered CBS on July 12, 2017. The series was produced by Bellisarius Production, CBS Television Studios and it was distributed by CBS Television Distribution.

About
It focused on MIT graduate student Liam Cole and tech genius Darius Tanz. Because they don’t want to cause public panic, the two present Pentagon Press Secretary, Grace Barrows, with evidence that in six months, a huge asteroid will crash into the Earth.

A single mom as well as a working professional, Grace is used to doing it all. Now, she has to figure out how to negotiate this difficult situation. Meanwhile, keeping this secret makes life harder for Liam and his nearest and dearest.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Harris Edwards is running the D.O.D.’s top-secret operation to deflect the asteroid. At the same time, Darius is working with Jillian a rookie science fiction writer, on a different approach. Can anyone save humanity from this impending doom?

Main

 * Santiago Cabrera as Darius Tanz
 * Jennifer Finnigan as Grace Barrows
 * Charlie Rowe as Liam Cole
 * Jacqueline Byers as Jillian Hayes
 * Rachel Drance as Zoe Barrows
 * Shazi Raja as Amanda Neel
 * Ian Anthony Dale as Harris Edwards

Recurring

 * Dennis Boutsikaris as Malcolm Croft, a professor and Liam's mentor
 * Erica Luttrell as Claire Rayburn
 * Tovah Feldshuh as President Pauline Mackenzie
 * Josette Jorge as Karissa, Darius' assistant
 * Sasha Roiz as Vice President/President Monroe Bennett
 * Mark Moses as Hugh Keating, Grace's father and former CIA agent
 * Jeffrey Nordling as Daniel Hayes, Jillian's father and a bookseller
 * John Noble as Nicholas Tanz, Darius' uncle
 * Raven Dauda as Harris' Secretary
 * Autumn Reeser as Theresa, AKA Tess, Darius' first love
 * André Dae Kim as Dylan Edwards, Harris' son and a member of the hacker organization RE/SYST

Production
The series was ordered for a first season containing 10 episodes, on May 10, 2017, and premiered on CBS on July 12, 2017. It was originally announced as being developed in September 2013, but received its straight-to-series 13-episode order in October 2016. On October 18, 2017, CBS renewed second season for a 13-episodes.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 56% based on 16 reviews.[15] On Metacritic, the series has a score of 48 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".