[2] The Girls on the Bus chronicles 4 female journalists who follow every move of a parade of flawed presidential candidates, while finding friendship, love, and scandal along the way.

[4] However, by September 2021, Netflix had dropped the series, which would then move over to The CW and receive a rework by Chozick and Plec.

[6] Melissa Benoist would enter negotiations to star in the series that same month as well as serve as a producer.

[14] Production on the series had begun by October 1, 2022, when Chozick announced on Instagram that filming had wrapped on the pilot episode.

"[16] Metacritic assigned a score of 64 out of 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".