29 June, 2024 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 3 categories

Welcome to The Top Ten List!

To commemorate the Featured TV Blog for the month of June, Manhunt, I have gathered My Top Ten Presidential Series! If you’re looking for the best series featuring the backdrop of the President of the United States and politics, you’ve come to the right place, have a look at my favorite shows that feature a series with politics and the POTUS!

  • 10. Manhunt (2024)
Genre: Conspiracy thriller, and Historical drama, and Created by Monica Beletsky, and Based on "Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson, with Showrunner: Monica Beletsky, and Directed by Carl Franklin, John Dahl, and Eva Sørhaug, Starring: Tobias Menzies, Anthony Boyle, Lovie Simone, Will Harrison, Brandon Flynn, Damian O'Hare, Glenn Morshower, Patton Oswalt, Matt Walsh, Hamish Linklater, with Opening theme: "Egún" by Danielle Ponder, and Composer: Bryce Dessner, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of episodes: 7, with Executive producers: Monica Beletsky, Layne Eskridge, Kate Barry, James L. Swanson, Michael Rotenberg, Richard Abate, Frank Smith, Naia Cucukov, and Carl Franklin, with Production companies: POV Entertainment, Dovetale Productions, Monarch Pictures, Walden Media, 3 Arts Entertainment, Lionsgate Television, and Apple Studios, and Original Network: Apple TV+ (2024)
Genre: Political drama, Created by Rod Lurie, Starring: Geena Davis, Donald Sutherland, Harry Lennix, Kyle Secor, Ever Carradine, Matt Lanter, Caitlin Wachs, Jasmine Anthony, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons: 1, No. of episodes: 17, with Executive producers: Rod Lurie, Steven Bochco, Marc Frydman, and Dee Johnson, with Producers: James Spies, and Sascha Schneider, Running time: 42 minutes, Production companies: Battleplan Productions, Steven Bochco Productions (from episode 8), and Touchstone Television, Original Network: ABC (2005-06)
Genre: Political thriller, Political drama, Conspiracy thriller, Created by David Guggenheim, Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Natascha McElhone, Adan Canto, Italia Ricci, LaMonica Garrett, Tanner Buchanan, Kal Penn, Maggie Q, Jake Epstein, Paulo Costanzo, Zoe McLellan, Ben Lawson, Theme music composer: Sean Callery, Paul Leonard-Morgan, Composers: Sean Callery, Robert Lydecker, Paul Leonard-Morgan, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons 3, No. of episodes 53, Executive producers: Mark Gordon, Nicholas Pepper, Jeff Melvoin, Jon Harmon Feldman, Kiefer Sutherland, Suzan Bymel, Paul McGuigan, Amy Harris, Aditya Sood, David Guggenheim, Simon Kinberg, Neal Baer, Producers: Richard Klein, Ann Kindberg, Tommy Burns, Production locations: Hamilton, Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Washington, D.C., with Cinematography by M. David Mullen, and David A. Harp, Editor Michael Schweitzer, Camera setup: Single-camera, Running time 42 minutes (seasons 1–2), 46–53 minutes (season 3), Production companies: Kinberg Genre, The Mark Gordon Company, Baer Bones, ABC Studios (seasons 1–2), Original Network: ABC (seasons 1–2), Netflix (season 3 worldwide; seasons 1–2 outside North America) (2016-19)
Genre: Political satire, Cringe comedy, Created by Armando Iannucci, Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh, Sufe Bradshaw, Kevin Dunn, Gary Cole, Sam Richardson, Sarah Sutherland, Clea DuVall, Composers: Rupert Gregson-Williams, Christopher Willis, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons 7, No. of episodes 65, Executive producers: Armando Iannucci, Christopher Godsick, Frank Rich, Chris Addison, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stephanie Laing, David Mandel, Production locations: Baltimore, Maryland (seasons 1–4), Los Angeles, California (seasons 5–7), Camera setup: Single camera, Running time: 26–30 minutes, Production companies: HBO Entertainment, Dundee Productions (Seasons 1–4), Original Network: HBO (2012-19)
Genre: Political drama Thriller, Created by Barbara Hall, Starring: Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Patina Miller, Geoffrey Arend, Erich Bergen, Željko Ivanek, Bebe Neuwirth, Wallis Currie-Wood, Katherine Herzer, Evan Roe, Keith Carradine, Sebastian Arcelus, Sara Ramirez, Kevin Rahm, Theme to Madam Secretary, Composer: Transcenders, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons 6, No. of episodes 120, Executive producers: Barbara Hall, Morgan Freeman, Lori McCreary, Tracy Mercer, David Grae, Producers: Sam Hoffman, and Téa Leoni, Running time: 42–46 minutes, Production companies: Barbara Hall Productions, Revelations Entertainment, CBS Television Studios, Original Network: CBS (2014-19)
  • 5. 24 (2001-10,14)
Genre: Serial drama, Crime thriller, Espionage Action, Created by Joel Surnow, and Robert Cochran, Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, (and others), Composer: Sean Callery, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons 9, No. of episodes 192 + 24: Redemption + 12 (24: Live Another Day), Executive producers: Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran, Brian Grazer, Howard Gordon, Evan Katz, Kiefer Sutherland, Jon Cassar, Manny Coto, David Fury, Brad Turner, Brannon Braga, Alex Gansa, Chip Johannessen, Tony Krantz, Production locations: Los Angeles (seasons 1–8), South Africa (Redemption), Washington, D.C. (season 7), London (Live Another Day), with Cinematography by Peter Levy, Rodney Charters, Jeffrey C. Mygatt, and Guy Skinner, Editors: David Latham, Scott Powell, Leon Ortiz-Gil, Chris G. Willingham, Casey O. Rohrs, Larry Davenport, Elisa Cohen, David Thompson, Running time: 43–51 minutes, Production companies: Imagine Television, Real Time Productions, Teakwood Lane Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, Original Network: FOX (2001-10)
Davies, Michael Dobbs, John Melfi, Beau Willimon, David Manson, John David Coles, Robin Wright, Frank Pugliese, Melissa James Gibson, Production locations: Baltimore, Maryland, Joppa, Maryland (sound stage), with Cinematography by David M. Dunlap, Igor Martinovic, Eigil Bryld, and Martin Ahlgren, Editors: Lisa Bromwell, Byron Smith, Cindy Mollo, Running time: 42–60 minutes, Production companies: MRC, Trigger Street Productions, Wade/Thomas Productions, Knight Takes King Productions, Original Network: Netflix (2013-18)
Genre: Drama, Political thriller, Created by Shonda Rhimes, Starring: Kerry Washington, Henry Ian Cusick, Columbus Short, Darby Stanchfield, Katie Lowes, Guillermo Díaz, Jeff Perry, Tony Goldwyn, Bellamy Young, Joshua Malina, Scott Foley, Portia de Rossi, Cornelius Smith Jr., Joe Morton, George Newbern, Theme music composer: Chad Fischer, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons 7, No. of episodes 124, Executive producers: Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Mark Wilding, Tom Verica, Mark Fish, Producers: Merri D. Howard, Scott Collins Matt Byrne, Heather Mitchell, Paul William Davies, Ramaala Mohamed, Kerry Washington (season 7), with Cinematography by Oliver Bokelberg, Michael Wojciechowski, Editors: Karen Castaneda, Matthew Ramsey, Gregory T. Evans, Julia Grove, Christal Khatib, Matthew Pevic, Camera setup: Single-camera, Running time: 43 minutes, Production companies: ABC Studios, and Shondaland, Original Network: ABC (2012-18)
Genre: Serial drama, Espionage thriller, Psychological thriller, Political thriller, Based on "Prisoners of War" (Israel) by Gideon Raff, Developed by Howard Gordon, and Alex Gansa, Starring: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Morena Baccarin, David Harewood, Diego Klattenhoff, Jackson Pace, Morgan Saylor, Mandy Patinkin, Jamey Sheridan, David Marciano, Navid Negahban, Rupert Friend, Sarita Choudhury, Tracy Letts, F. Murray Abraham, Nazanin Boniadi, Laila Robins, Sebastian Koch, Miranda Otto, Alexander Fehling, Sarah Sokolovic, Elizabeth Marvel, Maury Sterling, Linus Roache, Jake Weber, Morgan Spector, Costa Ronin, Nimrat Kaur, Numan Acar, Composer: Sean Callery, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons 8, No. of episodes 96, Executive producers: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Gideon Raff, Michael Cuesta, Avi Nir, Ran Telem, Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Chip Johannessen, Meredith Stiehm, Lesli Linka Glatter, Patrick Harbinson, Michael Klick, Claire Danes, Ron Nyswaner, Debora Cahn, Producers: Lauren White, Katie O'Hara, Charlotte Stoudt, Mandy Patinkin, Sunday Stevens, Production locations: Charlotte, North Carolina (seasons 1–3), Tel Aviv, Israel (seasons 1–2), Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (season 3), Morocco, North Africa (seasons 3, 6, 8), Cape Town, South Africa (season 4), Berlin, Germany (season 5), New York City, New York (season 6), Richmond, Virginia (season 7), Budapest, Hungary (season 7), Los Angeles, California (season 8), with Cinematography by Nelson Cragg, Chris Manley, David Klein, Giorgio Scali, Peter Levy, Editors: Joe Hobeck, Terry Kelley, Jordan Goldman, David Latham, Garret Donnelly, Michael Ruscio, Harvey Rosenstock, Philip Carr Neel, Sarah Zeitlin, Victoria Grimsley, Camera setup: Single-camera, Running time: 45–85 minutes, Production companies: Teakwood Lane Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Studios, Fox 21 Television Studios, Showtime Networks, Studio Babelsberg, Original Network: Showtime (2011-20)
Genre: Serial drama, Political drama, Created by Aaron Sorkin, Starring: Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Martin Sheen, Janel Moloney, Stockard Channing, Joshua Malina, Mary McCormack, Jimmy Smits, Alan Alda, Kristin Chenoweth, Composer: W. G. Snuffy Walden, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons 7, No. of episodes 154, Executive producers: Aaron Sorkin, John Wells, Thomas Schlamme, Christopher Misiano, Alex Graves, Lawrence O'Donnell, Peter Noah, with Cinematography by Thomas Del Ruth, Running time: 42 minutes, Production companies: John Wells Productions, and Warner Bros. Television, Original Network: NBC. (1999-2006)

And that’s all folks! My Top Ten Presidential Series! Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next great Top Ten List!

President Barack Obama reacts to a photograph during an interview with David Letterman during a taping of the "Late Show with David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, N.Y. Photo Credit: CBS Network/World Wide Pants
President Barack Obama reacts to a photograph during an interview with David Letterman during a taping of the Late Show with David Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, N.Y.

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