When the drama premieres in September, it will include a dedication to Donald Sutherland, who died in June. It was a passion project for the revered actor for 30 years, but his son had no idea about Dad’s history with the material when his manager flagged the role for him to audition. “There was a lot of serendipity around this project,” Rossif, in his first interview since his father’s death, said about the show based L.R. Wright’s Alberg novels.