Political Animals (2012)

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Power runs in the family

Former first lady and current Secretary of State Elaine Barrish Hammond try to keep her family together while simultaneously dealing with crises of the State Department and fending off the hungry DC journalist who is bent on destroying her career.

• Released: 2012-07-15
• Genres: Drama
• Seasons: 1, 6 episodes
• Episode length: 44m
• Network: USA Network
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 85 votes

Created by Greg Berlanti.

Top cast

• Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish
• Carla Gugino as Susan Berg
• Ciarán Hinds as Bud Hammond
• James Wolk as Douglas Hammond
• Sebastian Stan as T.J. Hammond
• Ellen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish
• Brittany Ishibashi as Anne Ogami
• Adrian Pasdar as Paul Garcetti
• Roger Bart as Barry Harris

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Political Animals

• United States: buy on Apple TV Store
• United Kingdom: buy on Apple TV Store
• Canada: buy on Apple TV Store

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