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Premiering Thursday, March 14, “Live with Kelly and Mark” co-host Mark Consuelos (“All My Children”) co-stars in the all-new Max original series “The Girls on the Bus,” which follows four female journalists working the campaign trail, with each of them having different 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.
In addition to Consuelos, Benoist (“Glee”), Behnam and Elmore, “The Girls on the Bus” cast also includes Brandon Scott, Griffin Dunne and Scott Foley. The series hails from creators Amy Chozick and Julie Plec (“The Vampire Diaries”) and is inspired by Chozick’s experiences as a political reporter on the campaign bus with multiple presidential candidates.
Chozick and Plec are executive producers alongside showrunner Rina Mimoun, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, and Marcos Siega. Jesse Peretz executive produced and directed the pilot, with Benoist as a producer.
From Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, “The Girls on the Bus” debuts with the first two episodes of its 10-episode first season on Thursday, March 14. The remaining eight episodes will be released weekly through Thursday, May 9.
Check out the official trailer for the new series below.
From the photo above and the trailer, Consuelos appears to be portraying one of the individuals campaigning for the presidency along with Foley. No stranger to political shows, Consuelos previously starred in the Prime Video original series “Animal House,” where he played Senator Andy Guzman over two seasons of the political comedy series.
Check out a photo of Consuelos wearing what appears to be a superhero costume. A very tight one.
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