The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth

2016
3.3
10 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (26)

1 The Outsiders
1/17/16
The campaigns of three "outsiders" - Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Series premiere
2 Prisoner's Dilemma
1/24/16
The second episode follows Sen. Marco Rubio, Gov. Chris Christie, former Gov. Jeb Bush and Gov. John Kasich.
3 Tension City
1/31/16
This episode follows the angst and drama leading up to the Iowa caucuses.
4 The Big Mo
2/7/16
The fourth episode goes inside the Iowa fallout and the momentum leading into New Hampshire's primary.
5 The Winnowing
2/14/16
Trump tastes victory, Kasich picks up momentum - and Bush faces the prospect of an impending do-or-die reality.
6 Fear and Loathing
2/21/16
As the campaigns head towards the final stretch there's growing anxiety among both frontrunners and stragglers about just how high the stakes are.
7 The Confidence Game
2/28/16
Down to The Big Five, all eyes are on the upcoming prize: Super Tuesday.
8 The Reckoning
3/6/16
Reckoning with the results of Super Tuesday. And can anyone stop Trump?
9 Dead or Alive
3/13/16
It's make or break time for Rubio, Kasich and Sanders in Florida and Ohio.
10 High Hopes
3/20/16
As Rubio gets trumped in Florida, the rest of the field remains optimistic.
11 Home and Abroad
3/27/16
As foreign policy comes to the fore can Trump and Clinton handle the heat?
12 On Wisconsin
4/3/16
The candidates crisscross Wisconsin in pursuit of competing agendas.
13 Circus Recap
4/10/16
Catch-up on the rousing first twelve weeks of the 2016 presidential race.
14 Game On
7/10/16
In the wake of more scandal, Trump and Clinton take each other down.
15 Veepstakes
7/17/16
No president is complete without a veep. Can the candidates find the right-hand man for the job?
16 The Trump Show
7/24/16
The circus goes into overdrive as Trump is crowned the Republican nominee.
17 In The Arena
7/31/16
The Democrats make Hillary Clinton a historic nominee in Philidelphia.
18 Closing the Gap
9/11/16
With ten weeks to go until the election the Trump campaign finds itself running from behind.
19 Fit To Serve
9/17/16
Questions about the candidates' fitness to lead take an unexpected turn.
20 Battlegrounds
9/25/16
The campaigns target a handful of states that could swing the election.
21 The Newsrooms
10/2/16
The script gets flipped in a look at the people who are covering the news.
22 Tale of the Tape
10/16/16
Tracking the fallout from the second debate and a now-infamous audio tape.
23 From Russia with Love
10/23/16
Clinton faces what might be her toughest opponent to date: WikiLeaks.
24 His Word as a Biden
10/30/16
Clinton bets on the one man who could sway swing states her way: Joe Biden.
25 Nobody F***ing Knows
11/6/16
Behind the scenes as Clinton and Trump battle it out in the final stretch.
26 President Trump
11/13/16
Pulling back the curtain on the big finish: Election Day. Series finale.

About this show

Come one, come all to THE CIRCUS, the groundbreaking docu-series that pulls back the curtain on American politics. Hosts John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Alex Wagner and Jenn Palmieri go behind the scenes of the greatest political show on earth each week for an unbiased, inside look at the stories beyond the headlines.

Ratings and reviews

3.3
10 reviews
Cam B
July 30, 2018
That's right america is a circus today full of bullcrap and more of it and trump is doing a good job of it. Right wingers can suck it yall are crazy like him too hes destroying america and yall are ok with that and yall were born here not patriotic at all. Trump isn't patriotic but a dictator. Hes gonna take all ur rights too right wingers especially civilian right wingers yall dumb and crazy for defending trump and really ask urself what as he done for america nothing at all
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Jimmy Bean
February 19, 2020
Love the total bs angle that this was literally a circus in the sense that none of these fools know what they are doing let alone what they are talking about. Every candidate is a joke for multiple reasons and anyone with half a brain realizes that trump is the only option that wont completely trash the country, but the rich elite of Hollywood and DC wont stop peddling garbage like this.
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TAB
April 27, 2020
Silly dems and libs are more or less guaranteeing President Trump a 2nd easy win.
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