"WW3 has not happened ... yet," the network clarifies. When it does, it will apparently feature Vanessa L. Williams and Timothy Hutton as a bio-weapons expert and FBI agent, respectively.

Inspired by a New Yorker article by Richard Preston ("The Hot Zone" ), the thriller tracks a man-made virus that threatens to eliminate the entire United States population in a matter of days. Marin Hinkle ("Once and Again") and Lane Smith ("From the Earth to the Moon") co-star.