{"id":10799,"date":"2020-06-18T00:48:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T05:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=10799"},"modified":"2020-06-18T00:49:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T05:49:47","slug":"hbo-to-present-coastal-elites-written-by-paul-rudnick-and-directed-by-jay-roach-to-debut-this-september-exclusively-on-hbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/18\/hbo-to-present-coastal-elites-written-by-paul-rudnick-and-directed-by-jay-roach-to-debut-this-september-exclusively-on-hbo\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO to Present &#8220;Coastal Elites,&#8221; Written by Paul Rudnick and Directed by Jay Roach, to Debut This September, Exclusively on HBO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8956\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo.jpg 575w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo-560x286.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo-260x133.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo-160x82.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Airing in September and produced entirely under quarantine, this brand-new special tells stories of breaking down and breaking through in the summer of 2020 that are funny, searing, poignant, and now.HBO To Present COASTAL ELITES, Written By Paul Rudnick And Directed By Jay Roach, To Debut This September, Exclusively On HBO<\/p>\n<p>Bette Midler, Kaitlyn Dever, Dan Levy, Sarah Paulson, and Issa Rae To Star; Rudnick And Roach Executive Produce with Jeffrey Seller, Flody Suarez, Scott Chaloff, and Michelle Graham<\/p><div id=\"morty-699442221\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>HBO will present Paul Rudnick&#8217;s comic satire COASTAL ELITES, featuring an all-star cast playing characters from New York to Los Angeles coping with politics and the pandemic. 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