The Politician (2019)

Genre

comedy drama, musical comedy, LGBT-related television series

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 15 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 231 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy teenager from Santa Barbara runs for student body president to eventually position himself for the presidency. Each season follows his campaign for a different political office.

satiricalfast-pacedcampywittyambitiousdramaticsharpmelodramatic

What happens

The Politician is an American comedy-drama television series created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan and released on Netflix. The trio also serves as executive producers with Alexis Martin Woodall, Ben Platt, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The series centers on the story of Payton Hobart (Platt), a wealthy Santa Barbaran, and each season revolves around a different political race his character is involved in. The first season was released on Netflix on September 27, 2019. The series stars Ben Platt, Zoey Deutch, Lucy Boynton, Bob Balaban, Laura Dreyfuss, Julia Schlaepfer, Theo Germaine, Rahne Jones and Gwyneth Paltrow. David Corenswet, Benjamin Barrett, and Jessica Lange joined the main cast in the first season, while Judith Light and Bette Midler joined the main cast in the second season. Production on the second season started in November 2019, which premiered on June 19, 2020. A third and final season is in development. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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