ITV aired the first episode of hit US legal thriller series, The Rainmaker, on Friday 28 August. The show will air weekly after ITV acquired the star-studded US show and it will also be available to stream on ITVX.
A synopsis teases of the legal thriller: "Based on the best-selling novel by John Grisham, Rudy Baylor, who is fresh out of law school, goes head-to-head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend, Sarah."
"Rudy, along with his boss, Bruiser, and her disheveled paralegal, Deck, uncover two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client's son."
Karen Bryson praises ITV as the show's home
The Rainmaker was first released in the US back in 2025, receiving rave reviews at the time, and now it is showing on ITV. Talking about The Rainmaker airing on ITV, actress Karen Bryson, who plays Dot Black in the series, caught up with us in an exclusive chat.
Karen, 51, is best known for Shameless, The Bill, Holby City, The Split, Zack Snyder's Justice League, The Teacher and Happy Valley - to name just a few impressive shows and films.
Karen told us: "I'm absolutely thrilled. I think ITV is the perfect home for The Rainmaker. I'm thrilled, obviously a Londoner, I grew up with ITV so this is really thrilling."
Watching the show with her husband
Despite already watching the series when it aired in the US, Karen is planning to watch the series on ITV so her husband, Chris, can watch the thrilling drama.
Karen said: "Yeah, really good but really scary for me. What I remember about viewing it the first time is I actually forgot it was me, I know that sounds weird because normally the reason why I don't generally watch my work is I end up being over critical.
"It could be age, maybe I've gotten over it but generally I'm like that with pillows or scream. When I first watched myself on something 28 years ago all I did was scream, every time I was on screen, which isn't helpful."
However, Karen admitted her husband won't be looking for any spoilers as he likes watching shows at the same time as viewers. The actress said: "You know what's really interesting about my husband Chris is generally he likes to go along with it so he's not a 'tell me what happens' type of guy.
"So he'll literally, if it looks like I'm about to say, he'll go 'shush, let me enjoy it how everybody else will.' So weirdly, throughout rehearsals, I didn't talk about it because I knew he wanted to enjoy it fresh even though we kind of know what the story is but there were moments when I was auditioning, where Chris went through the lines with me, so there are going to be certain scenes where he'll remember the dialogue for sure."
What viewers can expect
Teasing what viewers can expect from the series, Karen said: "Right so it's a wonderful David and Goliath type story, where the underdog does good. Generally the book we know what kind of happens in this sort of scenario.
"It's an underdog who wins but it's the how and what we've done with our production is we've taken John Grisham's amazing source materials and run with it.
"So there are slight differences so if you've read the book or even watched the film it's not the same. You're in for a completely different experience because obviously it's 10 episodes. There are twists and turns like nobody's business, which is really thrilling!"
The Rainmaker is available to watch on ITV and ITVX from Friday 28 August.
