[3] Julie Plec served as executive producer, alongside David Nutter.

The series follows an epidemic that breaks out in Atlanta, leaving a section of the city cordoned off under quarantine and those stuck on the inside fighting for their lives.

The series was broadcast on the Global Television Network in Canada,[20] on E4 in the UK[21] and on ProSieben in Germany.

[23] Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes also reported mixed critical responses, averaging a 53% rating.

The website's consensus reads: "Uninspired performances and pedestrian writing make Containment just another in the long line of disaster movie scenarios we've seen played out countless times before.