

Political Animals
2012-07-15 · 44 min / episode · ★ 7.1
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.
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- Creators
- Greg Berlanti
- Production companies
- Berlanti Productions, Warner Horizon Television
- Countries
- United States of America
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- Ended
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Sigourney WeaverElaine Barrish
Carla GuginoSusan Berg
Ciarán HindsBud Hammond
James WolkDouglas Hammond
Sebastian StanT.J. Hammond
Ellen BurstynMargaret Barrish
Brittany IshibashiAnne Ogami
Adrian PasdarPaul Garcetti
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