Political Animals (2012– )

A divorced, former First Lady, is currently serving as the Secretary of State. She deals with State Department issues, while trying to keep her family together.

Writer:

Greg Berlanti (creator)

Stars:

Sigourney Weaver, Carla Gugino, James Wolk

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 5 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Sigourney Weaver	...	Elaine Barrish (6 episodes, 2012)
Carla Gugino	...	Susan Berg (6 episodes, 2012)
James Wolk	...	Douglas Hammond (6 episodes, 2012)
Sebastian Stan	...	T.J. Hammond (6 episodes, 2012)
Brittany Ishibashi	...	Anne Ogami (6 episodes, 2012)
Ellen Burstyn	...	Margaret Barrish (6 episodes, 2012)
Ciarán Hinds	...	Bud Hammond (6 episodes, 2012)
Adrian Pasdar	...	President Paul Garcetti (6 episodes, 2012)
Roger Bart	...	Barry Harris (6 episodes, 2012)
Dylan Baker	...	Vice President Fred Collier (5 episodes, 2012)
Dan Futterman	...	Alex Davies (4 episodes, 2012)
Meghann Fahy	...	Georgia Gibbons (4 episodes, 2012)
Linda Powell	...	Pauline Samson (4 episodes, 2012)
R.J. Kelly	...	Secret Service Agent Sam (4 episodes, 2012)
Griffin Newman	...	Russ (4 episodes, 2012)
LaMonica Garrett	...	Agent Clark (3 episodes, 2012)
Kristine Nielsen	...	Alice (3 episodes, 2012)

Storyline

Divorced former First Lady Elaine Barrish is currently serving as the Secretary of State. She finds an unlikely ally in a D.C. journalist who had previously dedicated herself to tearing Barrish to pieces.

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Plot Keywords:

secretary of state | first lady | state department | government | flashback | 

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Taglines:

Power runs in the family.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Animais Políticos

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Berlanti Productions, Berlanti Television, Laurence Mark Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

360 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell's daughter, Linda Powell, guest stars in a couple episodes.

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Connections

Featured in 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013)

User Reviews

So far so good

A lot of things going on in this story based primarily on Hilary Clinton. They throw in so many issues from the token gay relationship to eating disorders. It's entertaining at least. There are some things taken directly from Hilary's life eg the Lewinsky scandal.

Sigourney is the best part of the show. Her intelligent look is more appropriate than Geena Davis in Commander in Chief. That show took itself a bit too seriously.

A few casting issues. Cirian Hinds is too frightening looking to be the ex President. He is more of a character actor for the villain or some Gothic character. Other cast members are good. Carla is quite well cast as the reporter. The story lines for her sons James and Sebastian seem a bit contrived.

Overall pretty good hope it succeeds.