'It makes a political statement,' she said.

Fricke also revealed that the series' decision to put a woman front and center of its military drama was inspired by the current political landscape, and they're hoping they can bring about some change with their positive depiction of Nora. 'They are very dedicated to giving us authenticity,' showrunner Anna Fricke said of the veterans, according to THR. And that just feels like a really fascinating thing to explore that, frankly, normal people don't experience that last part of it: Risking their lives every day.'Īdding authenticity to the women in combat aspect of the series are two female veteran advisers in the writers room. 'They are loving, they are cheating, they are lying, they are trying to figure things out, and then when they go to work, they're risking their lives. people in the military are people like us,' he said. 'There is action of course, but it's really about the relationships between these people. 'He's a veteran, and so I kind of always wanted to write about his experience, so he's been a big inspiration.' Jarrow went on to describe how the series is a character drama at heart, but the military setting ramps up the intensity from the typical television drama. 'My brother was in the army,' Jarrow said. In an interview with Red Carpet Report at the show's preview at PaleyFest, Jarrow revealed that he was at least partly inspired to create the series by his brother, who is an army veteran. The drama unfolds in the present as well as in flashbacks to a failed mission involving one of the first female pilots in the unit, ultimately uncovering layers of personal and government/military secrets and leading to a season-long plan to rescue a group of MIA soldiers.īut just because the show's story is made up, that doesn't mean it isn't taking some inspiration from real life. Army base that houses an elite unit of helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions. Here's the series' synopsis, according to Deadline's Nellie Andreeva: In Valor, the boundaries between military discipline and human desire are tested on a U.S. The plot centers around a small group of elite helicopter pilots who try and balance their personal lives with their intense - and at times controversial - missions. The series is a complete work of fiction, created by writer and musician Kyle Jarrow. The show looks much grittier and realistic than the fantasy YA-focused network's usual fare, but is Valor based on a true story?

CBS, who always went for that demographic anyway, has SEAL Team, NBC is going with The Brave, and then there's The CW's Valor.

In what many TV fans perceive as an attempt to appeal to the working class populace of Middle America who voted in Donald Trump as president, just about every big network has a flag-waving new show about the U.S. All of a sudden, TV series about the military are all the rage.

Act of valor based on a true story