The highly-anticipated restricted collection, Georgy & Tammy, starring Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon, has landed a house on the Showtime community with the primary episode airing on December 4, 2022.
The six-part collection follows the connection of the nation music energy couple, Tammy Wynette and George Jones, as they create a few of their greatest hits and navigate their at-times turbulent marriage.
“It was fascinating to me that somebody like Tammy Wynette, who sang all these songs like ‘Stand by Your Man,’ additionally was married 5 occasions,” Chastain beforehand advised Self-importance Truthful of the position, which she says she researched extensively. “I used to be enthusiastic about this lady who was married and divorced a number of occasions and struggling in Nashville and actually made a reputation for herself on her personal. She charted a number of occasions earlier than she met George Jones.”
Starring alongside Chastain and Shannon will probably be actors Steve Zahn (The White Lotus) as ‘George Richey,’ Wynette’s final husband and supervisor; Kelly McCormack (A League of Their Personal) as ‘Sheila Richey,’ George Richey’s former spouse and one-time buddy and confidante of Wynette; Walton Goggins (The Righteous Gem stones) as ‘Earl “Peanutt” Montgomery,’ a songwriter and collaborator of Jones; Pat Healy (Station 19) as ‘Don Chapel,’ Wynette’s second husband and collaborator; David Wilson Barnes (Perry Mason) as ‘Billy Sherrill,’ file producer and songwriter, and Katy Mixon (American Housewife) as ‘Jan Smith,’ a hair and make-up artist who turned one in every of Tammy’s closest pals.
“Jessica and Michael are really extraordinary as Tammy and George and their searing performances and plain chemistry carry to life the legendary relationship of the King and Queen of nation music,” stated Chris McCarthy, President/CEO, of Showtime and Paramount Media Networks. “The creators and the complete solid have delivered a collection with the subtlety, nuance, and complexity which are the hallmarks of the SHOWTIME model and what our viewers deserve and demand.”
The premiere episode will debut on each Showtime and Paramount Community on Sunday, December Four at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The rest of the season will probably be out there solely on SHOWTIME, with new episodes out there on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Wynette and Jones married in 1969 (it was the third marriage for every) and had one baby, Georgette Jones. They later divorced in 1975. Wynette died in 1998 on the age of 55 and Jones died in 2013 on the age of 81.
Try the trailer for George & Tammy under.