POLITICAL ANIMALS
DRAMA
USA
2012
POLITICAL ANIMALS is a six-episode American comedy drama miniseries created by Greg Berlanti. The series aired in the United States on USA Network from July 15 through August 19, 2012. POLITICAL ANIMALS consists of 6 episodes of one hour.
STORY: Elaine Barrish's husband Bud Hammond was a popular President of the United States during the 1990s despite his extramarital affairs. After leaving the White House, Elaine Barrish (Sigourney Weaver) was elected Governor of Illinois and ran for the Democratic nomination for President, but lost to Paul Garcetti. The night Barrish conceded the nomination, she asked her husband for a divorce. Two years later, as Garcetti's Secretary of State, Barrish deals with State Department issues while trying to keep her family together.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Sebastian Stan as Thomas James "T.J." Hammond, Elaine's openly gay son, and Douglas' twin brother (James Wolk). David Monahan as Sean Reeves, a Congressman from Ohio and T.J.'s former partner in the closet.
T.J. Hammond (Stan Sebastian) & Sean Reeves (David Monahan)
SEBASTIAN STAN (2012) August 13, 1982 Constanta, Romania
DAVID MONAHAN (2012) August 13, 1971 North Olmsted, OH, USA
SPECIAL: Weaver and the show's production team acknowledge that the lead character has some similarities to Hillary Clinton. They say that the premise of the show is "very much about all families who have been in the White House, the price they've paid for being there and the fact that those same families will often try or continue to try to get back into the White House again."
AWARDS: 'POLITICAL ANIMALS' won 1 primetime Emmy. 2 wins and 31 nominatons.
7.6 IMDB
