Who is political animals based on

Creator Greg Berlanti. Top credits Creator Greg Berlanti. See more at IMDbPro. Episodes 6. Browse episodes. Top Top-rated. Clip Exclusive: "We're Even". Pilot Clip 3. Pilot Clip 2. Pilot Clip 1. Trailer Political Animals: Season 1. Photos Top cast Edit. Sebastian Stan T. Hammond as T. Griffin Newman Russ as Russ.

Kristine Nielsen Alice as Alice. Greg Berlanti. More like this. Watch options. They really don't think very highly of journalists, or the way we cover politics. At all. The premiere begins with a cameo from a real journalist. NBC's Andrea Mitchell discussing how history is about to be made from the first serious women presidential candidate preparing to concede a bitter primary fight.

Cut to Elaine, decked out in a fabulous designer purple pantsuit giving her concession speech to throngs of adoring young women in the crowd. One holding a sign, reminiscent of the primary that says "This is Elaine Country. She tells her husband, popular ex-President "Bud" Hammond, who says the most crass things with the most charming southern drawl, that campaigning isn't the only thing she's tired of - she wants a divorce. Hammond then goes on to campaign for her rival, the dapper Paul Garcetti who, once elected, appoints her to his cabinet as Secretary of State.

Get more pure politics at ABC News. The Hammond divorce is obviously not modeled after the Clintons, since they are still married. But the episode touches on why the writers imagine Mrs. Clinton has stayed with a husband known as much for his indiscretions as his political genius. At the end of the episode, Elaine tells a reporter who has literally blackmailed her for an interview I'll get to that in a minute that the reason she stayed for so long was pretty simple.

He's a victim of his own ego who just can't help himself. At the engagement dinner for the couple's son, Bud takes hot, big busted Latina actress as his date, but it's clear he regrets the break up of his marriage, telling the ex-Mrs. Hammond that she's still the hottest "piece of tail" he's ever laid eyes on. The show's drama surrounding the Hammond's twin sons, seem to have little in common with the Clintons, however.

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