7.6 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United States Initial release 2009 Number of seasons 1 | 7.6/10 TV Running time 44 minutes Director Scott Winant Program creator Jason Rothenberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by Bill Robinson
Jason Rothenberg Starring Minka Kelly
Jason Dohring
Gabrielle Union
Brian Austin Green
Jay Hernandez
Jenny Wade
Brandon Scott
Tim Matheson Screenplay Jason Rothenberg, Bill Robinson Cast Minka Kelly, Jason Dohring, Brian Austin Green, Gabrielle Union, Jay Hernandez Similar Devil's Highway, Searching for Sonny, The Pumpkin Karver, An American Summer, Laws of Deception | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Body Politic is a television pilot that starred Minka Kelly, Gabrielle Union, Jason Dohring, and Brian Austin Green. It was produced by CBS Television Studios for The CW.
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After much speculation on the show's status, the show did not appear in the CW's fall schedule in early 2009. However, on May 21, 2009, in an interview with Dawn Ostroff, the CW's CEO stated the show was still in consideration for midseason. On August 4, 2009, Dawn Ostroff announced that the project was officially dead for the CW.
Body politic
Plot
Body Politic focuses on a young woman (Minka Kelly) who moves to Washington to work for a senator and the other eager up-and-comers with whom she becomes friends. Kelly played Frankie, an all-American girl who leaves her life in Michigan after the death of her mother and heads to D.C., where her long-lost dad, Sen. Webster (Tim Matheson), has just been appointed Attorney General, and takes a job on his staff.
Production
The show was produced by CBS Productions, one of The CW's two parent companies. The filming started in March 2009 in Washington, D.C.
Cast
Critical response
Critics were positive enough with the 14–20 minute pilot presentation. E! Online describe it as the "Best Pilot you may never see" and that "if the CW ever wants us to take it seriously as a trademark network of our generation, it needs to branch out from its usual routine of picking up shows geared for a younger audience. The Body Politic is a cure to that problem".
Promotion
After the CW didn't pick up the pilot, the producers tried to promote the potential series to other networks including NBC and ABC. It was reported that NBC liked what they saw, but didn't have space for it and ABC was considering the series for midseason.