“Work. Life. Unbalanced” is the new tagline for Max’s new political drama. From the executive producers of “The Flight Attendant,” Max’s new original series, “Girls On The Bus,” premieres March 14 on the streaming channel. Starring Melissa Benoist, Carla Gugino, Natasha Behnam, Christina Elmore, plus Brandon Scott, Griffin Dunne, Mark Consuelos, and Scott Foley, “Girls on The Bus” is a political drama television series created by Amy Chozick and Julie Plec, inspired by Chozick’s 2018 memoir “Chasing Hilary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling.”
“The Girls On The Bus” is inspired by Chozick’s experiences as a political reporter on the campaign bus with multiple presidential candidates. The series chronicles the lives of four female journalists (Benoist, Gugino, Behnam, and Elmore) who follow every move of a parade of flawed presidential candidates while finding friendship, love, and scandal along the way.
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Max has released the official trailer and the original drama series, which comes from Warner Bros Television. The series debuts with two episodes on Thursday, March 14, followed by one new episode weekly through May 9 on Max.
Here’s the official synopsis:
THE GIRLS ON THE BUS invites viewers to hit the campaign trail alongside four female journalists, each of them different in their reporting styles and personalities. The story centers on Sadie McCarthy (Melissa Benoist), a journalist who romanticizes a bygone era of campaign reporting and scraps her whole life for a shot at covering a presidential candidate for a paper of record. Sadie joins the bus and eventually bonds with three female competitors, Grace (Carla Gugino), 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.
The showrunner on the series is Rina Mimoun (“Mistresses”), and she serves as an executive producer alongside Chozick and Plec, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, and Marcos Siega. Indie filmmaker Jesse Peretz executive produced and directed the pilot.
“Girls On The Bus” debuts March 14 on Max. Watch the new trailer below.