The Politician
2019 to 2020 Comedy 2 seasons
TMDB rating 7.0/10 Ended
Payton has known since childhood that he's going to be president. First he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape: high school.
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Payton Hobart, a wealthy student from Santa Barbara, has known since age 7 that he's going to be president of the United States, but first he has to navigate the most treacherous political landscape of all, Saint Sebastian High School.
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TMDB rating 7.6/10
Payton Hobart fights to unseat Dede Standish in the New York State Senate race. As a long-time incumbent and greatly admired Senate Majority Leader with no-nonsense Chief of Staff, Hadassah Gold at her side, Dede’s re-election was supposed to be easy, but Payton - who sees this as the next step on his path to the Presidency - must decide what kind of politician he ultimately wants to be in order to succeed, even if that means exposing secrets, lies, and a throuple.
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TMDB rating 8.4/10
Cast and details
Ben PlattPayton Hobart
Lucy BoyntonAstrid Sloan
Zoey DeutchInfinity Jackson
Julia SchlaepferAlice Charles
Laura DreyfussMcAfee Westbrook
Theo GermaineJames Sullivan
Rahne JonesSkye Leighton
Gwyneth PaltrowGeorgina Hobart
David CorenswetRiver Barkley
Benjamin BarrettRicardo
Ryan J. HaddadAndrew Cashman
Judith LightDede Standish
- Created by
- Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk
- Network
- Netflix
- First aired
- Sep 27, 2019
- Latest episode
- Jun 19, 2020
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