Netflix lands Ryan Murphy’s new series, The Politician, starring Ben Platt “Believed to be the biggest TV package sale of the year” according to Deadline, Netflix won a week-long streaming bidding war in order to land creator and producer Ryan Murphy’s new hourlong comedy series, The Politician. The series will star Tony Award winner Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hanson) and is reportedly in negotiations to bring Academy Award winners Barbra Streisand (The Guilt Trip) and Gwyneth Paltrow (Avengers: Infinity War) on board as costars.