The Circus Season 1

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1x01 The Outsiders aired Jan 17, 2016

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... read more

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1x02 Prisoner's Dilemma aired Jan 24, 2016

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-t... read more

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1x03 Tension City aired Jan 31, 2016

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 th... read more

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1x04 The Big Mo aired Feb 07, 2016

Inside the Iowa fallout and who's got momentum leading into New Hampshire.

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1x05 The Winnowing aired Feb 14, 2016

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 ... read more

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1x06 Fear and Loathing aired Feb 21, 2016

As the campaigns head towards the final stretch leading to Nevada and South Carolina, there's growing anxiety among both frontrunners and stragglers about ju... read more

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1x07 Confidence Game aired Feb 28, 2016

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 ... read more

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1x08 The Reckoning aired Mar 06, 2016

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 Dem... read more

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1x09 Dead or Alive aired Mar 13, 2016

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 brok... read more

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1x10 High Hopes aired Mar 20, 2016

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 ... read more

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1x11 Home and Abroad aired Mar 27, 2016

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... read more

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1x12 On Wisconsin aired Apr 03, 2016

Ahead of a Wisconsin showdown the candidates crisscross the state in pursuit of competing agendas. Can Kasich, Cruz or Sanders secure their position as spoil... read more

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1x13 Circus Recap aired Apr 10, 2016

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 Heilema... read more

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1x14 Game On aired Jul 10, 2016

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 fau... read more

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1x15 Veepstakes aired Jul 17, 2016

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 ... read more

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1x16 Trump Show aired Jul 24, 2016

The political circus goes into overdrive as Trump is crowned the Republican nominee - and Melania, controversially, speaks! Capitalizing on his children to h... read more

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1x17 In the Arena aired Jul 31, 2016

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 ceil... read more

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1x18 Closing the Gap aired Sep 11, 2016

The Trump campaign finds itself running from behind and tries to close the gap on Clinton, even as members of his party start to publicly jump ship.

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1x19 Fit to Serve aired Sep 18, 2016

Revelations about Clinton's pneumonia and scrutiny surrounding Trump's medical records lead to questions of their fitness to lead. As each campaign tries to ... read more

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1x20 Battleground aired Sep 25, 2016

As Clinton and Trump prepare for the first of their debates, the campaigns target a handful of states that could swing the election, including the must-win b... read more

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1x21 The Newsrooms aired Oct 02, 2016

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

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1x22 Tale of the Tape aired Oct 16, 2016

Tracking the fallout from the second debate and the scandal surrounding a now-infamous audio tape, could this be the final nail in Trump's campaign coffin - ... read more

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1x23 From Russia with Love aired Oct 23, 2016

Amid claims of foreign intervention, international espionage and widespread hacking, Clinton faces what might turn out to be her toughest opponent to date: W... read more

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1x24 His Word as a Biden aired Oct 30, 2016

The final two-week push going into the election sees the full weight of the White House come out in force for Clinton's campaign, including one man who has t... read more

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1x25 Nobody Fucking Knows aired Nov 06, 2016

Clinton in Arizona? Trump in Washington? As different polls predict differing outcomes both campaigns make a case in far-fetched battlegrounds. In a race tha... read more

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1x26 President Trump aired Nov 13, 2016

In a special hour-long episode finale of the real-time documentary series, Mark Halperin, John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon go behind the scenes of both campa... read more

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