A série mostra acontecimentos na Casa Branca, especificamente na ala Oeste, o centro nervoso do lugar, onde o presidente e seus assessores diretos trabalham. Entre eles estão: Sam Seaborn, subdiretor de comunicação; Léo McGarry, secretário de Estado; Toby Zigler, diretor de comunicação; Madeline Hampton, uma passional consultora política; Josh Lyman, chefe de Madeline e C.J. Creeg, uma super secretária de imprensa, cujo papel é falar pela Casa Branca e livrar o presidente de embaraços.
Um político inescrupuloso não mede esforços para conquistar o poder nos EUA neste drama vencedor do Emmy e do Globo de Ouro.
A série protagonizada por Kiefer Sutherland é centrada em um funcionário do Gabinete da Casa Branca que é indicado para assumir a presidência dos Estados Unidos após um ataque ter deixado mortos todos acima dele na linha sucessória. O título da série vem do termo “sobrevivente designado”, que é utilizado quando algum membro do Gabinete está isolado em um local seguro enquanto todos os outros líderes estão reunidos em um único local. A política é usada para preservar a continuidade do governo no caso de alguma catástrofe. O elenco tem ainda Maggie Q (Nikita, Divergente) e Kal Penn (House), com roteiro produzido por Simon Kinberg (Perdido em Marte, X-Men: Apocalypse) e pela Mark Gordon Company.
Mackenzie Allen, vice-presidente independente dos Estados Unidos, de 45 anos, está prestes a se aventurar em um território onde nenhuma mulher já havia entrado. Durante uma cerimônia oficial com o marido e chefe de gabinete, Rod Allen, ela foi informada pelo chefe de gabinete do presidente, Jim Gardner e pelo procurador-geral, que o presidente Bridges está prestes a se submeter a uma cirurgia de emergência de um tumor no cérebro.
If "greatness is thrust upon us," as Winston Churchill once said, then it stands to reason that those who are destined for greatness are rarely aware of it. Take Jack and Bobby McCallister for example: two bright young brothers growing up under the watchful eye of their eccentric single mother Grace McCallister. Grace's personality is a force of nature destined to shape both of these young men's lives and secure one a place in the history books - as President of the United States.
Former two-term President Richard Graves embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim his legacy 25 years after leaving the White House. His enlightenment takes place just as his wife Margaret Graves decides it’s finally time for her to pursue her own political ambitions.
Os Gilchrist são uma família única e disfuncional como qualquer outra e lidam com as situações cotidianas típicas, mas em um lugar muito especial: a Casa Branca.
This documentary-series examines Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
That's My Bush! is an American comedy television series that aired on Comedy Central from April 4 to May 23, 2001. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, best known for also creating South Park, the series centers on the fictitious personal life of President George W. Bush, as played by Timothy Bottoms. Carrie Quinn Dolin played Laura Bush, and Kurt Fuller played Karl Rove. Despite the political overtones, the show itself was actually a broad lampoon of American sitcoms, including lame jokes, a laugh track, and stock characters such as klutzy bimbo secretary Princess, know-it-all maid Maggie, and supposedly helpful "wacky" next-door neighbor Larry.
This 1984 miniseries chronicles the life of George Washington, the 1st President of the United States, from age 11 to age 51. Based on the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Kennedy is a five-hour miniseries written by Reg Gadney and directed by Jim Goddard. The miniseries was produced by Central Independent Television and originally aired in the United States starting on 20 November 1983 around the time of the 20th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. The TV miniseries was a biography of the 1961-1963 presidency of John F. Kennedy.
The mini-series stars Martin Sheen as President John F. Kennedy, John Shea as Robert F. Kennedy, Blair Brown as Jacqueline Kennedy, E.G. Marshall as Joseph P. Kennedy, Vincent Gardenia as J. Edgar Hoover and Kelsey Grammer as Stephen Smith amongst many others.
The series was broadcast on NBC, and was also sold to 50 Countries, with 27 of them broadcasting the series simultaneous. The series was nominated for 3 Golden Globes and 4 BAFTA, and won Baftas for Best Drama Series and Best Make Up.
"Lincoln" was a 1988 American television mini-series starring Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln, Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Todd Lincoln, and Richard Mulligan as William H. Seward. It was directed by Lamont Johnson and was based on Gore Vidal’s novel. It covers the time period running from Lincoln’s election as President of the United States to the time of his assassination. When released for home entertainment, the title was changed to "Gore Vidal's Lincoln"
Lamont Johnson won an Emmy for directing Lincoln.
The film was shot almost entirely in Richmond, Virginia and it cost $8 million to produce.
Thirty years after his film JFK, filmmaker Oliver Stone takes viewers on a journey though recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President Kennedy - the most consequential American murder mystery of the twentieth century. Joined by Oscar-winning narrators Whoopi Goldberg and Donald Sutherland, as well as a distinguished team of forensics, medical and ballistics experts, historians, and witnesses, Stone presents compelling evidence that in the Kennedy case “conspiracy theory” is now “conspiracy fact.”
A five-part docu-series following a veteran group of former GOP operatives and strategists known publicly as the Lincoln Project. The fastest-growing super PAC in America takes on the task of “saving democracy” and defeating their own party’s sitting president, Donald Trump. While working to accomplish their stated goal of “defeating Trumpism,” the group is shaken by internal upheaval, a sexual harassment scandal, and a tidal wave of negative press.
Sandburg's Lincoln is a six-part mini-series starring Hal Holbrook as Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States.
Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.
A verdadeira história do icônico 16º presidente dos Estados Unidos, contada tecendo duas dramatizações roteirizadas de momentos importantes de sua vida e comentários de historiadores de autoridade e figuras públicas.
The early years of America's most dashing president, from his early childhood through his nomination for Congress.
President Trump is bypassing the crooked media by hosting a late-night show direct from the Oval Office. No unfair questions from reporters, no awkward photo ops with German ladies, and no bedtimes. The weekly series will have the best guests, the “hottest women,” and only the nicest of questions.
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, from early youth to his election as President of the United States, as told from Eleanor's point of view.