{"id":1271,"date":"2016-06-13T00:51:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T05:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=1271"},"modified":"2016-06-12T22:58:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T03:58:46","slug":"braindead-new-mini-series-about-washington-dc-starts-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/13\/braindead-new-mini-series-about-washington-dc-starts-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"BrainDead &#8211; New Mini-Series About Washington DC Starts Tonight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1260\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1260 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/brain_dead_660.jpg\" alt=\"brain_dead_660\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/brain_dead_660.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/brain_dead_660-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>BrainDead<\/em> stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Danny Pino, Aaron Tveit, Tony Shalhoub, Nikki M. James and Johnny Ray Gill. Robert and Michelle King, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Brooke Kennedy and Liz Glotzer serve as executive producers for CBS Television Studios, Scott Free Productions and King Size Productions. Judy Smith serves as co-executive producer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>BrainDead<\/em> is an event series, a comic-thriller set in the world of Washington, D.C. politics that follows Laurel (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a young, fresh-faced Hill staffer who discovers two things: the government has stopped working, and bugs are eating the brains of Congress members and Hill staffers.<\/p>\n<p><em>BrainDead<\/em>\u00a0 comes from Robert and Michelle King, acclaimed creators and executive producers of <em>The Good Wife.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"morty-2058111112\" 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>[wpdevart_youtube width=&#8221;640&#8243; height=&#8221;385&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;0&#8243; theme=&#8221;dark&#8221; loop_video=&#8221;0&#8243; enable_fullscreen=&#8221;1&#8243; show_related=&#8221;0&#8243; show_popup=&#8221;0&#8243; thumb_popup_width=&#8221;213&#8243; thumb_popup_height=&#8221;128&#8243; show_title=&#8221;0&#8243; show_youtube_icon=&#8221;0&#8243; show_annotations=&#8221;1&#8243; show_progress_bar_color=&#8221;red&#8221; autohide_parameters=&#8221;1&#8243; set_initial_volume=&#8221;false&#8221; initial_volume=&#8221;100&#8243; disable_keyboard=&#8221;0&#8243;]cZQW4-L9tp8[\/wpdevart_youtube]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1262\" style=\"width: 596px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1262\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mary_elizabeth_winstead_briandead02411b.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Laurel Healy\" width=\"596\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mary_elizabeth_winstead_briandead02411b.jpg 596w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mary_elizabeth_winstead_briandead02411b-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Laurel Healy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The daughter of a Democratic political dynasty who left Washington, D.C. to become a documentary filmmaker, Laurel is pulled back into the family business when her brother, Luke, the Democratic Whip Senator from Maryland, needs her help running his senate office. 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James as Rochelle Daudier Photo via: CBS\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/nikki_m_james_briandead3111b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/nikki_m_james_briandead3111b-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/nikki_m_james_briandead3111b-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikki M. 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