The Politician is a 2019 English-language Comedy show developed by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. The show was Produced by Kenneth Silverstein, Todd Nenninger, Lou Eyrich, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kristin Bernstein and Jeff Dickerson under the banner of Prospect Films in collaboration with Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Television and Fox 21 Television Studios. airing on Netflix. The show premiered on September 27, 2019. Payton Hobart (Ben Platt), from Santa Barbara, California, is a wealthy student who has wanted to be the President of the United States since he was seven years old. But first he had to get through the most dangerous political hurdle of all: Saint Sebastian High School. In order to be the President of the Student Body, study at Harvard and continue on his path to extraordinary success, Payton has to outsmart his ruthless classmates without sacrificing his moral and carefully crafted image. Ryan Murphy's 'ThebPolitician' is full of comedy and clever satire which is giving us a rare insight into how to be a politician. The politician stars Ben Platt, Zoey Deutch, Lucy Boynton, Bob Balaban, David Corenswet, Julia Schlaepfer and Carla Valentine. The music was composed by Mac Quayle. Cinematography was done by Nelson Cragg, Simon Dennis and Tim Norman and editing by Shelly Westerman, Danielle Wang, Peggy Tachdjian, Chris A. Peterson, Franzis Muller, Erick Fefferman, Lisa Trulli, Lauren Stewart and Tom Kipley. The series has a running time of 28-62 minutes for each episode. The show has a total of 15 episodes during it's run of 2 seasons. Distribution rights for the show were acquired by 20th Television.