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Ryan Murphy's Netflix series The Politician is getting ready to hit the campaign trail starting this Friday, June 19, and now viewers are getting a look at the next rung on Payton Hobart's (Ben Platt) political ladder towards the U.S presidency with the returning series' official trailer As we saw in last season's time jump,[...]

Our latest example happened late last week, when The Politician writer, showrunner, and executive producer Ryan Murphy took to Instagram to play a little "What If…?" Channeling his inner-Payton Hobart, he pitched a do-over pilot for Glee that we would definitely sign up for (check out the link below). The cast of Glee, courtesy of FOX[...]

Maybe it's the long hours and multiple projects he has spinning at the same time, but we can't help this feeling we have that The Politician's Payton Hobart may be having some unexpected influence over writer, showrunner, and executive producer Ryan Murphy' To be honest, we're not sure that's a bad thing considering the idea[...]

This is a big month for originals as well as new seasons of The Politician, F is For Family, and The Order debut, along with the final seasons of Fuller House and 13 Reasons Why For original films, Spike Lee's new joint Da 5 Bloods leads the way, along with Netflix original The Last Days[...]

With the second season of writer, showrunner, and executive producer Ryan Murphy's Netflix series The Politician ready to hit the campaign trail on Friday, June 19, viewers are getting a first look at the next rung on Payton Hobart's (Ben Platt) political ladder towards the U.S presidency As we saw in the season finale time[...]

Maisel" (Amazon) "The Politician" (Netflix) DEVIL'S ADVOCATE: Speaking of "'star-fu**ing' to shows with big-name casts"… there's Kominsky, and the HFPA never likes to forget Ryan Murphy (The Politician).   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQtFVBrbojQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Jodie Comer's Accents Slay | The Graham Norton Show | BBC America (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQtFVBrbojQ) Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series –[...]

Coming at a time when the world needs a smart, sharp political satire, Ryan Murphy and actor Ben Platt are hoping viewers comes out to vote with their eyeballs when political comedy The Politician premieres on Netflix on September 27 Now, the streaming service is offering us a look at those who will either help[...]

Coming at a time when the world needs a smart, sharp political satire, Ryan Murphy and actor Ben Platt are hoping viewers comes out to vote with their eyeballs when political comedy The Politician premieres on Netflix on September 27 Now, the streaming service is offering us a look at those who will either help[...]

We know we sound like a broken record when it comes to our professional creative obsession with Ryan Murphy – if for no other reason than for his insane work ethic and his mystical abilities to create 25-hour work days. Later this month, he has politial satire The Politician ready to go, the first in a[...]

Coming at a time when the world needs a smart, sharp political satire, Ryan Murphy and actor Ben Platt are hoping viewers comes out to vote with their eyeballs when political comedy The Politician premieres on Netflix on September 27 Now, the streaming service is offering us a look at those who will either help[...]

We know we sound like a broken record when it comes to our professional creative obsession with Ryan Murphy – if for no other reason than for his insane work ethic and his mystical abilities to create 25-hour work days. Later this month, he has politial satire The Politician ready to go, the first in a[...]

Coming at a time when the world needs a smart, sharp political satire, Ryan Murphy and actor Ben Platt are hoping viewers comes out to vote with their eyeballs when political comedy The Politician premieres on Netflix on September 27 Now, the streaming service is offering us a look at those who will either help[...]

Coming at a time when the world needs a smart, sharp political satire, Ryan Murphy and actor Ben Platt are hoping viewers comes out to vote with their eyeballs when political comedy The Politician premieres on Netflix on September 27 Now, the streaming service is offering us a look at those who will either help[...]

Coming at a time when the world needs a smart, sharp political satire, Ryan Murphy and actor Ben Platt are hoping viewers comes out to vote with their eyeballs when political comedy The Politician premieres on Netflix on September 27 Now, the streaming service is offering us a look at those who will either help[...]

Coming at a time when the world needs a smart, sharp political satire, Ryan Murphy and actor Ben Platt are hoping viewers comes out to vote with their eyeballs when political comedy The Politician premieres on Netflix on September 27 Now, they're getting the first official trailer for the buzz-building series, which follows our "hero"(???)[...]

Bill Damaschke, Dori Berinstein, and Jack Lane serve as producers. https://youtu.be/66UhXFDMlRIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Now On Broadway | The Prom Musical (https://youtu.be/66UhXFDMlRI) THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE GETTING IN OTHER PEOPLE'S BUSINESS. Everyone's invited to the joyous Broadway hit that New York Magazine calls "smart and big-hearted" and The New York Times declares a Critic's[...]

Leave it to Ryan Murphy to never let a moment to break some news go to waste, announcing at PaleyFest's Pose panel that Bette Midler (Hocus Pocus) and Judith Light (Queen America) are joining the campaign trail for Netflix political comedy The Politician, premiering on the streaming service September 27. CBS/Facebook Watch The American Horror Story co-creator write, showruns,[...]

While most political seasons can get a little quiet between election cycles (though not lately), Ryan Murphy and series lead Ben Platt hope viewers comes out to vote with their eyeballs when political comedy The Politician premieres on Netflix on September 27 The American Horror Story co-creator will write, showrun, and executive produce the one-hour[...]

From Pose to 9-1-1 to American Crime Story, one of the things that's impressed us the most about the man is his ability to keep a lot of diverse creative plates spinning at the same time. Credit: Kathy Hutchins-Shutterstock / Netflix That attention to diverse themes continues with his exclusive creative deal with Netflix, which has already[...]

Ryan Murphy's campaign for Netflix's The Politician has picked up a new "voter" in the form of American Horror Story's Dylan McDermott – who revealed during an interview with Sirius XM that Mad Men alumna January Jones would also be coming aboard the series as his wife McDermott and Jones join a cast that includes Ben Platt (Dear Evan[...]

Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Ryan Murphy's campaign for Netflix's The Politician has picked up four more supporters, with Zoey Deutch (Set It Up), Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody), Laura Dreyfuss (Dear Evan Hansen), and Rahne Jones (Godspell) joining Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen), Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love), and Barbra Streisand (Yentl) on the upcoming hour-long comedy[...]

Murphy, who currently has two series in development at Netflix (Ratched, The Politician), chose the streaming service for its long-term creative vision and access to pursue television series, films and documentaries all under one banner. "Ryan Murphy's series have influenced the global cultural zeitgeist, reinvented genres and changed the course of television history His unfaltering dedication to[...]

Credit: PBuchan/REX/Shutterstock Ryan Murphy continues expanding his programming empire beyond Fox's family of channels with news that Netflix has won the rights to the American Horror Story creator's new hour-long comedy/social commentary series The Politician Created by frequent collaborators Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, the series has received a two-season straight-to-series order and is set[...]