Exclusive: The Girls on the Bus, Warner Bros. TV’s upcoming HBO Max series about female political reporters on a presidential campaign trail, has tapped Abby Phillip, senior political correspondent and anchor of Inside Politics Sunday at Wbd corporate sibling CNN, as a consultant.
Additionally, Brandon Scott has been cast as a series regular opposite Melissa Benoist, Natasha Behnam and Christina Elmore. This Is Us alum Griffin Dunne has joined Scott Foley on the list of recurring players for the Berlanti Prods. series alongside Leslie Fray (Reacher), Pj Sosco (Chicago Med) as famed gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, Becky Ann Baker (Girls), Kyle Vincent Terry (Power Book II: Ghost), Tala Ashe (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow) and Richard Bekins (Armageddon Time).
The Girls on the Bus, from writers Amy Chozick and Julie Plec, is inspired by a chapter in Chozick’s book Chasing Hillary.
Additionally, Brandon Scott has been cast as a series regular opposite Melissa Benoist, Natasha Behnam and Christina Elmore. This Is Us alum Griffin Dunne has joined Scott Foley on the list of recurring players for the Berlanti Prods. series alongside Leslie Fray (Reacher), Pj Sosco (Chicago Med) as famed gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, Becky Ann Baker (Girls), Kyle Vincent Terry (Power Book II: Ghost), Tala Ashe (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow) and Richard Bekins (Armageddon Time).
The Girls on the Bus, from writers Amy Chozick and Julie Plec, is inspired by a chapter in Chozick’s book Chasing Hillary.
- 8/30/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Scott Foley (The Big Leap) has been tapped for a key recurring role opposite Melissa Benoist in The Girls On The Bus, HBO Max’s political drama series from Warner Bros. TV.
The series centers on Sadie McCarthy (Benoist), a journalist who romanticizes Tim Crouse’s Boys on the Bus book and who scrapped her whole life for her own shot at covering a presidential campaign for the paper of record. Sadie hits the trail and eventually bonds with three female competitors, Grace, Lola (Natasha Behnam) and Kimberlyn (Christina Elmore). Despite their differences, the women become a found family with a front-row seat to the greatest soap opera in town: the battle for the White House.
Foley will play a little-known mayor from Kansas who has joined the presidential race.
The Girls On The Bus, which comes from writers and executive producers Amy Chozick and Julie Plec, is. inspired by...
The series centers on Sadie McCarthy (Benoist), a journalist who romanticizes Tim Crouse’s Boys on the Bus book and who scrapped her whole life for her own shot at covering a presidential campaign for the paper of record. Sadie hits the trail and eventually bonds with three female competitors, Grace, Lola (Natasha Behnam) and Kimberlyn (Christina Elmore). Despite their differences, the women become a found family with a front-row seat to the greatest soap opera in town: the battle for the White House.
Foley will play a little-known mayor from Kansas who has joined the presidential race.
The Girls On The Bus, which comes from writers and executive producers Amy Chozick and Julie Plec, is. inspired by...
- 8/23/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The upcoming HBO Max political drama series "The Girls on the Bus" is going to take a look at what it's like to be a journalist covering a United States presidential campaign. The show will star Melissa Benoist ("Supergirl"), Natasha Behnam ("Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"), and Christina Elmore ("The Last Ship"), and comes to us from Warner Bros. TV. If the name of the show sounds familiar, it's because the title is based on the famous non-fiction book "The Boys on the Bus" from Tim Crouse, a memoir in which he chronicled what it was like to cover the 1972 presidential election on the road with other...
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- 7/30/2022
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Natasha Behnam is set as a lead opposite Melissa Benoist in The Girls On The Bus, HBO Max’s political drama series from Warner Bros. TV.
The series centers on Sadie McCarthy (Benoist), a journalist who romanticizes Tim Crouse’s Boys on the Bus book and who scrapped her whole life for her own shot at covering a presidential campaign for the paper of record. Sadie hits the trail and eventually bonds with three female competitors, Grace, Lola (Behnam) and Kimberlyn. Despite their differences, the women become a found family with a front-row seat to the greatest soap opera in town: the battle for the White House.
Behnam’s Lola Gabriel is a sharp-witted and passionately political TikTok star and well-known Gen Z influencer.
The Girls On The Bus, which comes from writers and executive producers Amy Chozick and Julie Plec, is. inspired by a chapter in Chozick’s book Chasing Hillary.
The series centers on Sadie McCarthy (Benoist), a journalist who romanticizes Tim Crouse’s Boys on the Bus book and who scrapped her whole life for her own shot at covering a presidential campaign for the paper of record. Sadie hits the trail and eventually bonds with three female competitors, Grace, Lola (Behnam) and Kimberlyn. Despite their differences, the women become a found family with a front-row seat to the greatest soap opera in town: the battle for the White House.
Behnam’s Lola Gabriel is a sharp-witted and passionately political TikTok star and well-known Gen Z influencer.
The Girls On The Bus, which comes from writers and executive producers Amy Chozick and Julie Plec, is. inspired by a chapter in Chozick’s book Chasing Hillary.
- 6/30/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Melissa Benoist will star in The Girls on the Bus for HBO Max, the streamer announced June 28. The Supergirl actress will also produce the series through her production house, Three Things Productions, which has renewed its overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group. The Girls on the Bus is a political campaign drama inspired by Amy Chozick’s book Chasing Hillary. Benoist will play Sadie McCarthy, a journalist who romanticizes Tim Crouse’s non-fiction book Boys on the Bus about reporters covering the 1972 presidential election. Benoist’s character decides to upend her life to cover a presidential campaign for a news organization, per Deadline. Sadie sets off on the campaign trail and eventually bonds with three female competitors as they enjoy a front-row seat to the battle for the White House. The series is written and executive produced by Chozick and The Vampire Diaries creator Julie Plec. Benoist will also produce the series,...
- 6/28/2022
- TV Insider
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