{"id":6074,"date":"2016-05-09T10:35:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T14:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cast-creative-team-in-place-for-killing-reagan\/"},"modified":"2016-05-09T15:17:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T19:17:23","slug":"cast-creative-team-in-place-for-killing-reagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cast-creative-team-in-place-for-killing-reagan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast &amp; Creative Team in Place for Killing Reagan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.: Tim Matheson (<em>The West Wing<\/em>, <em>Burn Notice<\/em>) will star as the actor turned California governor turned president in National Geographic Channel\u2019s two-hour scripted movie<em> Killing Reagan<\/em>, joined by Cynthia Nixon (<em>Sex and the City<\/em>) as first lady Nancy Reagan.<\/p>\n<p>The director of <em>Killing Reagan<\/em> will be Rod Lurie (<em>The Contender<\/em>), with a script written by Eric Simonson (<em>Short Subject<\/em>). <em>Killing Reagan<\/em> marks the fourth project in a successful partnership between National Geographic Channel, Scott Free Productions and Bill O\u2019Reilly. The previous three collaborations\u2014<em>Killing Lincoln<\/em>, <em>Killing Kennedy<\/em> and <em>Killing Jesus<\/em>\u2014are the network\u2019s three most-watched programs of all time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this fourth installment of the highly successful <em>Killing<\/em> franchise, we are, along with our partners, Bill O\u2019Reilly and Scott Free Productions, going to use the assassination attempt as a crucible to tell the fascinating and compelling story of Ronald Reagan and his lasting impact on the global stage,\u201d said Carolyn Bernstein, National Geographic Channel&#8217;s executive VP and head of global scripted development and production. \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to have Tim and Cynthia on board to bring this story to life during an unpredictable and historic election year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven nearly 30 years after his presidency, and more than ten\u00a0years after his death, Ronald Reagan\u2019s mark on American politics and the global geopolitical landscape, through both his actions and his policies, still reverberates today,\u201d said O\u2019Reilly. \u201cThere is much that can be learned by looking back at that riveting period in history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.: Tim Matheson (The West Wing, Burn Notice) will star as the actor turned California governor turned president in National Geographic Channel\u2019s two-hour scripted movie Killing Reagan, joined by Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) as first lady Nancy Reagan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[878,500],"class_list":["post-6074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-killing-reagan","tag-national-geographic-channel","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cast &amp; 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