Showtime has formally determined to not renew its star-studded anthology drama The First Girl for a second season. The cancellation comes after over a month for the reason that Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Gillian Anderson-led sequence concluded its 10-episode first season.
“Showtime can verify that the anthology sequence The First Girl won’t be transferring ahead with one other season,” a Showtime consultant mentioned in an announcement (by way of Selection). “We wish to applaud the artistry and dedication of our showrunner Cathy Schulman, director Susanne Bier, their fellow government producers, our superb solid, led by government producer Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Gillian Anderson, and our studio accomplice Lionsgate for his or her devoted work in telling the distinctive tales of three exceptional leaders.”
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Described as “Showtime’s American model of The Crown,” The First Girl was set to peel again the curtain on the non-public and political lives of America’s most iconic First Women. The primary season targeted on the tales of the aforementioned three first girls.
“The sequence was a revelatory reframing of American management, informed by the lens of the ladies on the coronary heart of the White Home,” reads the synopsis. “Within the authorities’s East Wing, a lot of historical past’s most impactful and world-changing choices have been hidden from view, made by America’s charismatic, advanced and dynamic First Women. The sequence peeled again the curtain on the non-public and political lives of three distinctive, enigmatic ladies and their households, tracing their journeys to Washington, dipping into their pasts, and following them past the White Home into their biggest moments. By interweaving storylines so intimate it’s as if the White Home partitions are speaking, season one targeted on the enlightening lives of Michelle Obama, Betty Ford, and Eleanor Roosevelt.”
Becoming a member of Davis, Pfeiffer, and Anderson are Aaron Eckhart, O-T Fagbenle, Kiefer Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn, Dakota Fanning, Lily Rabe, Jayme Lawson, Kristine Froseth, Eliza Scanlen, Cailee Spaeny, Judy Greer, Rhys Wakefield, Regina Taylor, Lexi Underwood, Aya Money, and extra.
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The First Girl was created and written by Aaron Cooley from an concept that originated with Cathy Schulman, who was impressed by Cooley’s spec script about Girl Chicken Johnson. Schulman was an government producer and showrunner. Golden Globe winner Susanne Bier (The Undoing) had additionally served as its director and government producer.
