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DAMAN^AUGUST/SEPTEMBER201957"City on a Hill" takes place in
the early 1990s Boston where an
assistant district attorney and a
corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran
work together to subvert the
entire criminal justice system. Fun
fact: The series’s extraordinary
details of Boston come from native
Bostonians executive producers
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Its a
good ol’ cop story with solid cop
drama while exploring the realities
of past and present, including
racism, police misconduct and a
questionable justice system.Ryan Murphy's debut with
Netflix, "The Politician," is a dark
comedy that follows Payton
Hobart, a wealthy high school
student in Santa Barbara,
California, who’s decided that he
is destined to be President of the
United States. But first he’ll have
to navigate the most treacherous
political landscape of his high
school to get elected student body
president, secure a spot in Harvard
and stay on his singular path to
success. He will have to outsmart
his ruthless classmates without
sacrificing his own morality."Designated Survivor" found a
new home on Netflix when it got
cancelled last spring. "Designated
Survivor" tells the story of Tom
Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland), an
unassuming Secretary of Housing
and Urban development who
suddenly becomes the President
of the United States after a mass
terrorist attack in Washington.
The first two seasons were focused
on Kirkman’s dilemmas in the
office but this season he wanted
to keep the position of the most
powerful man in the U.S.. Not just
that, he plans to fight for it in an
election. Political campaigns are
underhand and dirty and by the
end of the season it looked like he
could be corrupted.
CITY ON A HILL
Stars Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge,
Jonathan TuckerTHE POLITICIAN
Stars Ben Platt, Jessica Lange,
Gwyneth PaltrowDESIGNATED SURVIVOR
Stars Kiefer Sutherland, Maggy Q,
Adan Canto
Written and created
by Craig Mazin and
directed by Johan
Renck, "Chernobyl"
has become one of the
most highly acclaimed
mini series. The five
part mini series is a
dramatization of the 1986 nuclear accident,
one of the worst human-made catastrophes
in history that happened in the Ukrainian
Soviet Socialist Republic. "Chernobyl"
tells the story how the nuclear power
plant accident forced the city of Pripyat to
evacuate after being exposed to toxic levels
of radiation that Soviet officials publicly
downplayed. The writer and producer
invented characters and adjusted the
chronology of a few events for the series.Getting Political
WITH ALL THE FARCE, INTRIGUE
AND DRAMA, GET READY TO
BINGE ON THESE SERIESCHERNOBYL
Stars Jared Harris, Stellan
Skarsgård, Emily Watson