Syfy Digital Launches New Original Series NUCLEAR FAMILY on Xbox Live Today 10/1

For the first time ever, Syfy Digital will launch a digital original series exclusively on Xbox 360(R) via their Syfy App. Today, October 1, all 20 episodes of Vuguru's sci-fi drama NUCLEAR FAMILY will premiere on the Syfy App on the Xbox LIVE(R) entertainment platform, followed by simultaneous premieres on Syfy.com, Hulu, VOD, Syfy's mobile and tablet apps and Syfy's new Roku channel starting on October 15.

Nuclear Family, Syfy Digital's third original series following the highly successful Riese and Mercury Men, stars Corin Nemec (Stargate SG-1), Kinsey Packard (Sleeper Cell), Ray Wise (Mad Men) and Sharon Lawrence (Desperate Housewives).

It tells the story about a family's struggle to survive in a lawless society ruled by a savage clan led by The Man, while desperately searching for their missing child, lost in the apocalyptic chaos following a mysterious mega-explosion.

Independent studio Vuguru developed and financed the series from creator Kyle Rankin (Project Greenlight, The Battle of Shaker Heights, Infestation) who wrote and directed. Nuclear Family was produced by Jaime Burke (The Pact, The Millionaire Tour), and executive produced by Clay Kelley, Jesse Albert (The Bannen Way) and Rankin.

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