(Bloomberg) -- Netflix Inc. is bringing back Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's satirical political comedy series, “Servant of the People.”
“You asked and it's back! ‘Servant of the People' is once again available on Netflix in the U.S.,” the streaming company said Wednesday on Twitter.
The series, which ran from 2015 to 2019, stars Zelenskiy as a teacher who unexpectedly becomes president of Ukraine after a video of him complaining about corruption goes viral. Zelenskiy, 44, is a former actor and comedian who turned to entertainment after getting a law degree from Kyiv Economic University. He was elected president of Ukraine in 2019 in a huge landslide.
Interest in the show started to rise after Russia invaded Ukraine last month and Zelenskiy took to social media, standing defiantly in the streets of of Kyiv with members of Parliament calling on citizens to fight. The series had been dropped from Netflix in the U.S. but was available on YouTube.
Among his roles, Zelenskiy provided the voice of “Paddington Bear” in Ukrainian versions of that film series and won a Ukrainian “Dancing With the Stars.” He created, produced and starred in “Servant of the People” which ran for three seasons. Before the series ended, he formed a political party of the same name and announced his candidacy for the presidency on Dec. 31, 2018.
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