The Politician
tv show

15 total episodes
-
2 seasons
We promise you bi partisanship.
First Aired September 27, 2019
Genres:
Overview
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.

Season 2
7 episodes
Air Date
June 19, 2020
Overview
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.

New York State of Mind
Episode 1 - 50m
June 19, 2020

Conscious Unthroupling
Episode 2 - 44m
June 19, 2020

Cancel Culture
Episode 3 - 41m
June 19, 2020

Hail Mary
Episode 4 - 37m
June 19, 2020

The Voters
Episode 5 - 29m
June 19, 2020

What's in the Box?
Episode 6 - 35m
June 19, 2020

Election Day
Episode 7 - 44m
June 19, 2020
Episodes
Cast

Ben Platt
as
Payton Hobart

Judith Light
as
Dede Standish

Lucy Boynton
as
Astrid Sloan

Zoey Deutch
as
Infinity Jackson

Julia Schlaepfer
as
Alice Charles

Laura Dreyfuss
as
McAfee Westbrook

Theo Germaine
as
James Sullivan

Rahne Jones
as
Skye Leighton

Bette Midler
as
Hadassah Gold

Gwyneth Paltrow
as
Georgina Hobart

Brandon Win
as
Connor