Battleground

This show is from 2011 but it captures the current political state of the country just fine. Covering a fictional senate race in Wisconsin, you have gender, sexual identity, netdism and old fashioned political ambition at play.

The pacing is brisk, the ensemble just about perfect - especially the leads - and the writing is excellent. The show, done in mockumentary style, captures the tone and humor/pathos of a political campaign. The one flaw is the amount of time in the middle episodes devoted to a fringe character, the candidate's son. Imagine if Chris Farley had a no talent child. That bad thread aside, the show works.