Seattle’s Mayoral Race As a TV Series
Imagining Seattle's mayor's race as pitch sessions for several series we'll be watching
By Seattle Mag June 12, 2013
This article originally appeared in the July 2013 issue of Seattle magazine.
Whether we stream, rent, TiVo or watch on the air, Seattle is crazy about cleverly crafted television series. (We’re among the country’s top markets for Downton Abbey and Game of Thrones.) So we imagined the mayor’s race as pitch sessions for several series we’ll be watching (or trying to tune out) for the next four years. Come August 6, primary day, we are all producers.
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