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EXCLUSIVE: Showtime’s political docuseries The Circus will return September 25 for an eight-episode run, expected to focus on the midterms and the ongoing threats to democracy. John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Jennifer Palmieri are returning as the hosts/correspondents for the show’s seventh season. The series airs…

Alex Wagner has been picked to succeed Rachel Maddow in Maddow’s lynchpin 9 p.m. time slot at MSNBC. Wagner, a political veteran who recently returned to MSNBC as a senior political analyst and guest anchor in February, will host a show Tuesday-Fridays, with Maddow to continue on Mondays. The new show is set to debut…

John Heilemann is writing a book about the 2020 election and Joe Biden's rise to the Presidency, and Showtime, home to his series The Circus, has optioned the screen rights. Heilemann has previously co-written books Game Change and Double Down, accounts of the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, respectively. HBO…

The Circus, Showtime's political docuseries, is returning for the second half of its fifth season on August 16. Co-host John Heilemann said the show likely will look different as a result of the production challenges faced shooting a series during the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on the Campaign HQ podcast, hosted…

Showtime’s political docuseries returns in two months. and it will be a three-ring The Circus covering the pandemic, systemic racism and a crucial presidential election. The premium cabler said today that the second half of Season 5 will bow at 8 p.m. Sunday, August 16. When we last saw hosts John Heilemann, Alex…

Showtime’s The Circus returns on Sunday, and a focus on the debut is on the senators running for president who are being forced to leave the campaign trail to be present for the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. In one clip, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is shown sitting down to hold a “tele-town hall” in Washington…

Showtime has extended the number of episodes for animated series Our Cartoon President so that it can cover the forthcoming Presidential Election alongside doc series The Circus. The third season of Our Cartoon President, which is exec produced by Stephen Colbert, launches on January 26. The series, which is produced…

The Circus is coming back to town, just in time for the Donald Trump impeachment inquiry. Showtime said today that Season 5 of its political documentary seires hosted by John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Alex Wagner will premiere at 8 p.m. Sunday, January 26. After covering the burgeoning field of Democratic…

EXCLUSIVE: The first round of public impeachment hearings wrapped up on November 21, but today saw the debut of a new video venture examining the process to potentially extradite Donald Trump from the Oval Office. Moving in where perhaps Meet The Press fears to tread, this morning The Circus co-host John Heilemann…

"As tense, angry and emotionally raw as 2016 was, this campaign is going to be more," The Circus' John Heilemann warned the TCA today. "I think this is a very dangerous time," the Game Change co-author added of today's deeply divided America. "The President is going to run a racist political campaign," Heilemann…

Showtime’s aptly titled docuseries The Circus is set to return with eight new episodes in the fall, this time shining the spotlight on the many Democrats who aspire to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020. Tracking the largest field of presidential candidates in U.S. history, Season 4 of The Circus will continue…

Traditional circuses still crisscross the country, but on a much-reduced scale from when they ruled America as the undisputed "greatest show on earth." Sharon Grimberg's two-part documentary The Circus rewinds to that era of big tops and big crowds that exploded more than 100 years ago. The circus helped knit together…