Upcoming NBC political drama enlists CNN reporter Dana Bash for expertise: report
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NBC’s upcoming political drama set in Washington D.C. has enlisted CNN political correspondent Dana Bash to serve as a consulting producer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The show, which will be called “The Hill,” billed as a “high-stakes character drama that lives at the intersection of media and Capitol Hill, where everything is transacted: information, love, sex, fame and power,” according to THR.
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“It will focus on the gifted, flawed and fascinating people who call that world home,” THR’s Rick Porter wrote.
While it may seem odd that an NBC program would require a CNN political consultant, when NBC News employs dozens of political reporters itself, the show is actually being created by Sony Pictures TV and was developed before a network was attached.
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The show is currently simply a “script sale” and a pilot has not yet been ordered, according to a network insider.
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“Hawaii Five-0” and “Scorpion” writer Paul Grellong will work on the project, along with Bash and a group of other TV industry veterans including a former “Larry King Live” executive producer, according to the report.
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Bash is CNN’s chief political correspondent, covering all things Trump along with the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate for the liberal network. She plays a major role in CNN’s election coverage and was a White House correspondent during the George W. Bush's administration.
Bash also appeared in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and Netflix political drama “House of Cards.”