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The Circus: Season 1

Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth 2016
TV-14

  • 2016-01-18T01:00:00Z on Showtime
  • 29m
  • 12h 34m (26 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
Season one pulls back the curtain on the 2016 presidential race, revealing the stories behind the headlines.

26 episodes

Series Premiere

2016-01-18T01:00:00Z

1x01 The Outsiders

Series Premiere

1x01 The Outsiders

  • 2016-01-18T01:00:00Z29m

The campaigns of three "outsiders" - Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump - are given behind-the-scenes attention on the road to the Iowa caucus. Series premiere.

2016-01-25T01:00:00Z

1x02 Prisoner's Dilemma

1x02 Prisoner's Dilemma

  • 2016-01-25T01:00:00Z29m

The second episode follows Sen. Marco Rubio, Gov. Chris Christie, former Gov. Jeb Bush and Gov. John Kasich as they prepare for the all-important, first-in-the-nation primary in New Hampshire.

2016-02-01T01:00:00Z

1x03 Tension City

1x03 Tension City

  • 2016-02-01T01:00:00Z29m

This episode follows the angst and drama leading up to the Iowa caucuses, with a showdown brewing between Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton and the GOP's first real test of outsider candidates versus the establishment.

2016-02-08T01:00:00Z

1x04 The Big Mo

1x04 The Big Mo

  • 2016-02-08T01:00:00Z29m

The fourth episode goes inside the Iowa fallout and the momentum leading into New Hampshire's primary. Who¿s got it? Who doesn't? And how can the Clinton and Trump campaigns pick up the pace to beat back the surge of Sanders and Cruz?

2016-02-15T01:00:00Z

1x05 The Winnowing

1x05 The Winnowing

  • 2016-02-15T01:00:00Z29m

From the electric jolt of New Hampshire to the hard truths coming up in South Carolina and Nevada. Trump tastes victory, Kasich picks up momentum - and Bush faces the prospect of an impending do-or-die reality.

2016-02-22T01:00:00Z

1x06 Fear and Loathing

1x06 Fear and Loathing

  • 2016-02-22T01:00:00Z29m

As the campaigns head towards the final stretch leading to Nevada and South Carolina, there's growing anxiety among both frontrunners and stragglers about just how high the stakes are - and the significance of falling behind.

2016-02-29T01:00:00Z

1x07 Confidence Game

1x07 Confidence Game

  • 2016-02-29T01:00:00Z29m

With the field narrowed down to The Big Five, the campaigns spread their game across the country and play to their strengths - with eyes squarely focused on the all-important upcoming prize: Super Tuesday.

2016-03-07T01:00:00Z

1x08 The Reckoning

1x08 The Reckoning

  • 2016-03-07T01:00:00Z29m

With big wins for the frontrunners on Super Tuesday the rest of candidates are reckoning with the results. But the biggest story of all might be one both Democratic and Republican establishments can agree on: how do they stop Trump?

2016-03-14T00:00:00Z

1x09 Dead or Alive

1x09 Dead or Alive

  • 2016-03-14T00:00:00Z29m

It's make or break time for Rubio, Kasich and Sanders. As the candidates pin their hopes on Florida and Ohio, can they gather enough momentum to force a brokered convention - or will their campaigns finally run out of steam?

2016-03-21T00:00:00Z

1x10 High Hopes

1x10 High Hopes

  • 2016-03-21T00:00:00Z29m

While Rubio gets trumped in Florida, the rest of the candidates remain cautiously optimistic. But are high hopes what they need to pull off a win and secure the nomination - or are they just delusional?

2016-03-28T00:00:00Z

1x11 Home And Abroad

1x11 Home And Abroad

  • 2016-03-28T00:00:00Z29m

Foreign policy comes to the fore as the political climate grows fiery in the wake of the attacks in Brussels. As Trump and Clinton prepare to square off, can either of them prove their presidential mettle in handling the heat?

2016-04-04T00:00:00Z

1x12 On Wisconsin

1x12 On Wisconsin

  • 2016-04-04T00:00:00Z29m

Ahead of a Wisconsin showdown the candidates crisscross the state in pursuit of competing agendas. Can Kasich, Cruz or Sanders secure their position as spoilers - or will Clinton and Trump finally be crowned their party's Big Cheese?

2016-04-11T00:00:00Z

1x13 Circus Recap

1x13 Circus Recap

  • 2016-04-11T00:00:00Z29m

From the early primary battles to the Super Tuesday showdown and beyond, pull back the curtain on the 2016 presidential race with Mark Halperin, John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon - and catch up on the electrifying first twelve weeks.

2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

1x14 Game On

1x14 Game On

  • 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z29m

While the nation celebrates July 4th, Trump and Clinton engage in their own fireworks. With the reemergence of Clinton's email scandal and Trump's latest faux pas, the titans go on the attack to take each other down.

2016-07-18T00:00:00Z

1x15 Veepstakes

1x15 Veepstakes

  • 2016-07-18T00:00:00Z29m

No president is complete without a veep. As Trump auditions Chris Christie, Mike Pence and Newt Gingrich and Clinton considers Tim Kaine, can the candidates find the right-hand man for the job who will make, not break, their campaign?

2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

1x16 The Trump Show

1x16 The Trump Show

  • 2016-07-25T00:00:00Z29m

The political circus goes into overdrive as Trump is crowned the Republican nominee - and Melania, controversially, speaks! Capitalizing on his children to help humanize his image, can Trump plus Pence finally rally a unified party?

2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

1x17 In the Arena

1x17 In the Arena

  • 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z29m

The jeers and boos of Sanders diehards ring out in Philadelphia, before the Democrats at last make Hillary a historic nominee. But is shattering a glass ceiling enough for Clinton and Kaine to unite the party into a winning coalition?

2016-09-12T00:00:00Z

1x18 Closing the Gap

1x18 Closing the Gap

  • 2016-09-12T00:00:00Z29m

With ten weeks to go until the election the Trump campaign finds itself running from behind. As members of his party start to publicly jump ship, can Trump find a way to close the gap with Clinton or will he just fall further behind?

2016-09-19T00:00:00Z

1x19 Fit to Serve

1x19 Fit to Serve

  • 2016-09-19T00:00:00Z29m

As Clinton's pneumonia and scrutiny about Trump's medical records comes to the forefront, their fitness to lead is questioned.

2016-09-26T00:00:00Z

1x20 Battleground

1x20 Battleground

  • 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z29m

As Clinton and Trump prepare for their first debate, their campaigns target the swing states with an eye on Florida.

2016-10-03T00:00:00Z

1x21 The Newsrooms

1x21 The Newsrooms

  • 2016-10-03T00:00:00Z29m

Preparations for the debate; the candidates cede the spotlight to those who cover the political news.

2016-10-17T00:00:00Z

1x22 Tale of the Tape

1x22 Tale of the Tape

  • 2016-10-17T00:00:00Z29m

The fallout from the second debate and the current scandal surrounding a recently publicized audio tape.

2016-10-24T00:00:00Z

1x23 From Russia With Love

1x23 From Russia With Love

  • 2016-10-24T00:00:00Z29m

Clinton faces the scandal of her highly sensitive, private emails being made public on WikiLeaks, amid claims of foreign hacking and intervention and international espionage of the 2016 election.

2016-10-31T00:00:00Z

1x24 His Word as Biden

1x24 His Word as Biden

  • 2016-10-31T00:00:00Z29m

With only two weeks until election day, Clinton bets on the one man who has the potential to swing those states still up for grabs: Joe Biden.

2016-11-07T01:00:00Z

1x25 Nobody F... Knows

1x25 Nobody F... Knows

  • 2016-11-07T01:00:00Z29m

Polls predict the differing outcomes; both campaigns make a case in "far-fetched battlegrounds"; to most, the race is either up for grabs or already decided.

Season Finale

2016-11-14T01:00:00Z

1x26 President Trump

Season Finale

1x26 President Trump

  • 2016-11-14T01:00:00Z29m

In a special hour-long episode of the real-time documentary series, Mark Halperin, John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon go behind the scenes of both campaigns in the lead up to Election Day - and the fallout that followed.

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