Warning on the M6: This is the true story lived by Jamie Foxx that inspired the detective series

Last Saturday, January 11, M6 began airing Alert, its new detective series starring Scott Caan, aka Danny “Dano” Williams of Hawaii 5-0 and Dania Ramirez (Cunning Maid).

The first season follows Nikki Bautista, a police officer who loses track of her son who went missing six years ago, and decides to join the Philadelphia Police Department’s missing persons unit.

After the boy’s sudden disappearance, she maintains a good relationship with Jason Grant, her former partner who now works in private security. They have both rebuilt their lives and are trying their best to continue living normally.

However, the couple’s everyday life is turned upside down when Jason takes a life-affirming photo of their missing boy. is that him in the picture And what happened to him in the last six years? That’s what Nick and Jason will try to understand.

A TV series inspired by a true story

Jamie Foxx, co-creator and producer of Alert, came up with the idea of ​​this detective series. The actor was really inspired by the event that touched him closely to create this project.

during a InterviewShe revealed that after her daughter went missing for several hours, she checked with missing persons agencies. Fortunately, her daughter reappeared a few hours later.

While discussing this incident with his friend Tyryn Turner, who is a co-producer, they came up with the idea around Amber Alert, a large-scale kidnapping alert system set up in the United States and Canada to detect child abductions.

However, it’s good to note that the cases Nick and Jason work on are not based on real events, even if they are often inspired by current events, such as Season 1 Episode 2, which deals with fentanyl, its overuse, and the scourge the drug is causing on the other side of the Atlantic.

Catch 3 new episodes of Alert Season 1 this Saturday 18th January from 9.10pm on M6.