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JEFF DANIELS is James Comey BRENDAN GLEESON is President Trump TWO NIGHT EVENT SEPT 27 & 28 SERIES OVERVIEW THE COMEY RULE, starring Emmy® winner Jeff Daniels when Donald Trump stunned the world and was elected (The Newsroom) as former FBI Director James Comey president. Part two is a virtual day-by-day account of the and Emmy winner Brendan Gleeson (Mr. Mercedes) as tempestuous relationship between Comey and Trump and President Donald J. Trump, will premiere on consecutive the intense and chaotic first months of the Trump presidency nights: Sunday, September 27 and Monday, September – where allies became enemies, enemies became friends 28 at 9 PM ET/PT on SHOWTIME®. The two-part event and truth depended on what side you were on. series was adapted for the screen and directed by Oscar® nominated screenwriter Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, Shattered In addition to Daniels and Gleeson, THE COMEY RULE Glass) and executive produced by Shane Salerno, Alex features an ensemble of Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe® and Kurtzman, Heather Kadin and Billy Ray. Based on Comey’s #1 Tony ® winning talent, including Holly Hunter (The Piano) as New York Times bestselling book A Higher Loyalty and former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, Michael Kelly more than a year of additional interviews with a number (Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan) as former FBI Director Andrew of key principals, THE COMEY RULE is an immersive, McCabe, Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty) as Patrice Comey, behind-the-headlines account of the historically turbulent Scoot McNairy (Halt and Catch Fire) as former Deputy events surrounding the 2016 presidential election and its Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Jonathan Banks (Better aftermath, which divided a nation. THE COMEY RULE is Call Saul) as former National Intelligence Director James not a biopic of one man, but is instead the story of two Clapper, Oona Chaplin (Game of Thrones) as former FBI powerful figures, Comey and Trump, whose strikingly lawyer Lisa Page, Amy Seimetz (The Girlfriend Experience) different personalities, ethics and loyalties put them on a as former FBI lawyer Trisha Anderson, Steven Pasquale (The collision course. People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story) as former FBI agent Peter Strzok, Peter Coyote (The Disappearance) The series takes us on an insider’s journey down the as former FBI Director Robert Mueller and Kingsley Ben- corridors of power, where decision-makers struggle to Adir (High Fidelity) as President Barack Obama. Additional apply old norms to a dramatic new paradigm in the face of casting includes Steve Zissis (Togetherness), Shawn Doyle Russia's deep and unprecedented penetration into American (House of Cards), Brian d’Arcy James (Spotlight), Dalmar politics, with our nation’s rule of law hanging in the balance. Abuzeid (Anne with an E), William Sadler (When They See Each character’s actions in these historic months made Us), T.R. Knight (Grey’s Anatomy), Joe Lo Truglio (Brooklyn the careers of some, destroyed the careers of others and Nine-Nine), Spencer Garrett (Bombshell), Michael Hyatt helped shape the incendiary political landscape we live in (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and Damon Gupton (Black Lightning). today. Part one of the series examines the earliest days of The series was produced by CBS Television Studios in the Russia investigation, the FBI's investigation into Hillary association with Home Run Productions, The Story Factory Clinton's emails and their impact on Election Night 2016, and Secret Hideout. EPISODE SYNOPSES NIGHT ONE James Comey interviews with President Obama and gets the job of a lifetime, Director of the FBI, an organization he is inspired to transform. But two years into his tenure, the Bureau is plunged into two hugely controversial cases: ‘Midyear Exam,’ the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails while serving as Secretary of State, and ‘Crossfire Hurricane,’ an investigation into Russia's ongoing attempts to derail the Presidential Election of 2016. Comey's decisions on those two cases will alter both his place in history and history itself. NIGHT TWO James Comey awakens on November 9, 2016, now known nationally as “the man who got Donald Trump elected.” With that hanging over him, he now must try to find a way to work with the new President. That grows complicated when it becomes clear that Trump wants to use Comey, the Bureau and the Department of Justice for his own political aims – forcing these two men on a collision course whose result is as inevitable as it is tragic. CAST BIOS BRENDAN GLEESON /Donald Trump/ A former teacher, Dublin born BRENDAN GLEESON left the profession to pursue a career in his first love – acting. He joined the Irish theater company Passion Machine and has since starred on the stage, in films and on television, winning fans and awards worldwide. He starred for writer/director Martin McDonagh in Six Shooter, which won the Academy Award® for Best Short JEFF Film, Live Action. Reteaming with the filmmaker for Focus Features’ In Bruges, Mr. Gleeson earned Golden Globe®, DANIELS British Independent Film, Satellite™, Irish Film & Television Awards and BAFTA Award nominations for his memorable /James Comey/ performance opposite Colin Farrell. JEFF DANIELS is a five-time Emmy® nominee, winning in Some of his other films include: the Coen Brothers’The Outstanding Lead Actor for The Newsroom and Outstanding Ballad of Buster Scruggs; Hampstead, opposite Diane Supporting Actor for Godless. He has also received Golden ® Keaton; Paddington 2, also starring Hugh Grant, Sally Globe nominations on the big screen for his performances Hawkins and Julie Walters; Trespass Against Us, opposite in The Purple Rose of Cairo, Something Wild and The Squid Michael Fassbender; Vincent Perez's Alone in Berlin, and the Whale, as well as one for The Newsroom. Daniels ® opposite Emma Thompson; Assassin's Creed, once again is also a three-time individual Screen Actors Guild Award with Michael Fassbender; the Ben Affleck starrer Live nominee. His other major screen roles include the Dumb by Night; and Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea and and Dumber franchise; The Martian; Looper; Good Night, Suffragette, opposite Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep, and Good Luck; Gods and Generals; The Hours; Pleasantville; once again winning the British Independent Film Award for Gettysburg; Radio Days; Terms of Endearment and Ragtime. Best Supporting Actor. He will next be seen in Joel Coen’s As the founder and director of the Purple Rose Theatre ® Macbeth as King Duncan. Company, Daniels is also a three-time Tony nominee for To Kill a Mockingbird (the highest grossing American play Gleeson has finished filming Season 3 of the hit TV in Broadway history), Blackbird and God of Carnage. series Mr. Mercedes, based on Stephen King's book by the same name. HOLLY HUNTER /Sally Yates/ HOLLY HUNTER won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Piano, directed by Jane Campion, and received three other Oscar nominations for her performances in James L. Brooks’ Broadcast News, Sydney Pollack’s The Firm and Catherine Hardwicke’s Thirteen. Hunter most recently received acclaim for her much talked-about recurring role on the critically-acclaimed series Succession and for her performance in the Judd Apatow produced comedy hit The Big Sick, directed by Michael Showalter, receiving nominations for both SAG Award and Independent Spirit Awards. Hunter also recently reprised her voice role as Elastigirl in Brad Bird’s blockbuster animated sequel The Incredibles 2. Her TV credits include Emmy wins for Best Actress for her MICHAEL roles in The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom and Roe vs. Wade, as well KELLY as Emmy nominations for her starring role on the series Saving Grace and for her roles in the television filmsWhen /Andrew McCabe/ Billie Beat Bobby, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her and Harlan County War. Hunter was reunited with With an expansive list of film and television credits spanning Jane Campion for her SAG nominated performance in Top more than 20 years, MICHAEL KELLY is perhaps best known of the Lake and starred opposite Tim Robbins in Alan Ball’s for his four-time Emmy nominated role as Doug Stamper series Here and Now. in the critically-acclaimed original series House of Cards, which he starred in for all six seasons. Kelly can currently Hunter will soon be seen starring opposite Ted Danson in be seen in the series Tom Clancey’s Jack Ryan, alongside Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s new comedy series Mr. Mayor. John Krasinski and Wendell Pierce. Hunter received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Kelly produced and starred in John Hyams’ All Square, in 2008. starred in Secret in Their Eyes opposite Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor and starred in Everest, opposite Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal and Robin Wright. Additionally, he played Lt. Col. Gary Volesky in National Geographic’s miniseries The Long Road Home and Dumbarton in the limited series Taboo, opposite Tom Hardy. Kelly’s other feature film credits include Louis Leterrier’s Now You See Me, opposite Mark Ruffalo and Jesse Eisenberg, Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, the hit filmChronicle , George Nolfi’s The Adjustment Bureau, and Doug Liman’s Fair Game, opposite Sean Penn and Naomi Watts. On television, Kelly has had recurring roles on the hit shows The Good Wife and Person of Interest. He starred in Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Fringe. Kelly also had the recurring role of FBI Agent Ron Goddard on The Sopranos and was a series regular on the series Kojak, with Ving Rhames and Chazz Palminteri and the action drama Level 9. JENNIFER EHLE /Patrice Comey/ JENNIFER EHLE will soon be seen in both television and film projects.