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The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth

  • TV Series
  • 2016–2023
  • TV-14
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.4K
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The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (2016)
Pulls back the curtain on American politics and goes behind the scenes for an unbiased, inside look at the stories beyond the headlines.
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Groundbreaking weekly docu-series that pulls back the curtain on American politics. Hosts John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Jenn Palmieri go behind the scenes for an unbiased, inside look at... Read allGroundbreaking weekly docu-series that pulls back the curtain on American politics. Hosts John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Jenn Palmieri go behind the scenes for an unbiased, inside look at the stories beyond the headlines.Groundbreaking weekly docu-series that pulls back the curtain on American politics. Hosts John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Jenn Palmieri go behind the scenes for an unbiased, inside look at the stories beyond the headlines.

  • Stars
    • John Heilemann
    • Mark McKinnon
    • Alex Wagner
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    1.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • John Heilemann
      • Mark McKinnon
      • Alex Wagner
    • 58User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 13 nominations total

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    Mark Fabiani On Trump Scandals And Survival
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    Matt Apuzzo and Jim Rutenberg On The FBI
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    Former U.S. Attorney Joon Kim on Cooperation
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    Season 8 Official Trailer
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    John Heilemann
    John Heilemann
    • Self
    • 2016–2023
    Mark McKinnon
    Mark McKinnon
    • Self - Host…
    • 2016–2023
    Alex Wagner
    Alex Wagner
    • Self - Host…
    • 2016–2023
    Jennifer Palmieri
    Jennifer Palmieri
    • Self - Host…
    • 2016–2023
    Donald Trump
    Donald Trump
    • Self - Republican Presidential Candidate…
    • 2016–2023
    Mark Halperin
    Mark Halperin
    • Self - Co-Host
    • 2016–2017
    Joe Biden
    Joe Biden
    • Self - President of the US…
    • 2016–2023
    Ted Cruz
    Ted Cruz
    • Self - Texas Senator
    • 2016–2023
    Kevin McCarthy
    Kevin McCarthy
    • Self - House Minority Leader…
    • 2021–2023
    Mike Pence
    Mike Pence
    • Self
    • 2016–2023
    Hillary Clinton
    Hillary Clinton
    • Self
    • 2016–2020
    Bernie Sanders
    Bernie Sanders
    • Self - Vermont Senator
    • 2016–2021
    Marco Rubio
    Marco Rubio
    • Self - Florida Senator
    • 2016
    Donald Trump Jr.
    Donald Trump Jr.
    • Self
    • 2016–2023
    Kamala Harris
    Kamala Harris
    • Self - Vice President of the US…
    • 2020–2023
    Barack Obama
    Barack Obama
    • Self - 44th President of the United States
    • 2020–2023
    Chris Christie
    Chris Christie
    • Self
    • 2016–2023
    Tim Miller
    Tim Miller
    • Self
    • 2016–2023
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    User reviews58

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    6mbellwas

    Left Leaning but Verifiable (in most cases)

    Definitely a left leaning view of American politics but most, but not all, of their facts are easy to check and usually correct without much exaggeration. There does seem to be an abnormally high number of bad reviews and most of them read like they were copy and pasted from elsewhere. Do yourself a favor - before you let a good or a bad review sway your opinion go look at the reviewers reviews history. If they gave this film a bad review then see if they reviewed 2000 Mules or Trump Card. If they said this film was one-sided then did they say the same of the other films or are they obviously brigading films perceived to be left or right?
    5ninja-turtle

    Incredibly biased view

    It is very well produced, but every aspect of this show is tilted for the left and against the right. From the way the interviews are conducted, to the comments of the analysts, to even how the crowds at rallies are shot and scored.
    4hognls-57954

    Unimaginative and shallow

    If you want to hear one side of the story this is for you. Biased reporting with nothing you haven't heard or seen before in the lame stream media. It would be refreshing to see an objective news show. Just another echo chamber type program. Don't waste your time.
    10seanfromiraq

    Really about 7 stars but 10 to offset the attacks.

    Look at the dates of the other reviews. Fox News ran an attack piece on The Circus and created a run of reviewers who had never watched the show to claim it was Libral bias. There is a pathetic side which looks at news as anything not calling everything Liberal and using insulting terms for Democrats as being biased. To those reviewers when your news says "More Liberals are..." and talks about that for hours, that is biased. Not attacking Liberals for hours does not make a program Liberal. I am a current and lifelong Republican and I see the story from The Circus as being a very interesting and unbiased look back at the recent political past.
    rsvp321

    More political propaganda.

    There's no discussion, no "other side", just Dem political propaganda show, suspiciously just in time for the elections, along with other similar, new "opinion" shows released over the past week.

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    • Release date
      • January 17, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Circus: Inside the Wildest Political Show on Earth
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      • 30m
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      • Stereo
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      • 1080i (HDTV)

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