New Comedy "1600 Penn" to Portray Quirky White House Family: Best TV Show About Politics?
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2012/12/17 17:48:19
SLIDESHOW: Best TV Show About Politics?
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1600 Penn
The creators of this upcoming sitcom insist that even though this show will concern a First Family and their life in the White House, it has nothing to do with politics.
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1600 Penn
The creators of this upcoming sitcom insist that even though this show will concern a First Family and their life in the White House, it has nothing to do with politics.
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The West Wing
This White House-based drama is Aaron Sorkin’s most beloved creation.
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Veep
HBO’s critically acclaimed comedy followed Julia-Louis Dreyfus’ hapless Vice President.
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Parks and Recreation
This smash hit comedy follows the small-town side of politics — the Parks Department of Pawnee, Indiana.
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Boss
Kelsey Grammer received acclaim for his performance as a Chicago mayor with a degenerative neurological disorder, but the show was cancelled last month.
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Spin City
Michael J. Fox shone as the deputy mayor who secretly runs the show in this hit sitcom. As Fox's Parkinson's disease worsened, Charlie Sheen later stepped into the lead role as a new deputy mayor.
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The Thick of It
This British series from the creators of “Veep” spawned the feature-length movie “In the Loop,” which became something of a crossover hit back in 2009.
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Borgen
NBC has already announced plans to remake this Danish drama about Denmark’s first (fictional) female prime minister; could it become as successful as “The Killing"?
New Comedy "1600 Penn" to Portray Quirky White House Family: Best TV Show About Politics?
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The cast of the new NBC comedy “1600 Penn” are insisting that even though it follows a family in the White House, it won’t be a political show.
According to the Washington Post, co-creator and star Josh Gad says, “We never set out to make a political show. . . We wanted to make a show about a family that happens to live in a world where they are surrounded by politics.” The show will also star Bill Pullman as the President and Jenna Elfman as the First Lady.
According to the Washington Post, co-creator and star Josh Gad says, “We never set out to make a political show. . . We wanted to make a show about a family that happens to live in a world where they are surrounded by politics.” The show will also star Bill Pullman as the President and Jenna Elfman as the First Lady.
Will this one join the ranks of the greatest TV shows about politics? From the White House, there’s “The West Wing,” Aaron Sorkin’s sprawling drama about the Oval Office, and new HBO comedy “Veep,” which follows Julia-Louis Dreyfus’ Vice President.
There’re also great shows about the mayor’s office; Michael J. Fox shone as a deputy mayor on “Spin City,” and Kelsey Grammer received critical acclaim for his turn as the mayor of Chicago in the recently cancelled “Boss.”
And small-town politics are featured in the hit sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” covering the workings of the Parks Department in Pawnee, Indiana.
Then, from Europe, the creators of “Veep” gave us “The Thick of It,” a comedy about British politics that spawned the sleeper hit movie “In the Loop,” while Danish drama “Borgen,” about a female prime minister, is set to be remade for NBC.
Check out our slideshow and let us know: Which do you think is the best TV show about politics?
Top Opinion
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BlackwinterG36C 2012/12/18 13:57:07
The best TV show about politics is a blend of MSNBC and Fox News. As Will Rogers once said, "I don't tell jokes, I just watch congress and report what I see".
Edit note: I consider Bill Pullman desperate to do this kind of show. I will not be watching.
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However the best one was THATS MY BUSH.
EVERYBODY LOSES when Barrack Husain Obama Bin Biden wins. Where is the "Change" we were promised? Your God-King has failed.
Killing Osama bin laden is something ANY US president would have done. It would have happened no matter who was sitting in the white house. Obama was just lucky the intel materialized on his watch. Because that operation would have happened the minute we knew where he was. Obama or not.
I can accept that an African-american man, woman or ANY ethnicity is patriotic. I would vote in heartbeat for: Herman Cain, Colin Powell, Condeliza Rice, Mia love or Marco Rubio. Obama isn't black to begin with. He's half black and his ancestors didn't come here in chains. Some Kenyan communist knocked up a white communist woman from Kansas and out popped Obama. Obama is black ONLY in appearance.
What you liberals mean by "Big Business" is ANY business. After all the source of evil in the world isn't Iran or North Korea. OH NO the center of evil in the world is Walmart and Mcdonald's. After all there is nothing more evil than free market capitalism. If you t...
Killing Osama bin laden is something ANY US president would have done. It would have happened no matter who was sitting in the white house. Obama was just lucky the intel materialized on his watch. Because that operation would have happened the minute we knew where he was. Obama or not.
I can accept that an African-american man, woman or ANY ethnicity is patriotic. I would vote in heartbeat for: Herman Cain, Colin Powell, Condeliza Rice, Mia love or Marco Rubio. Obama isn't black to begin with. He's half black and his ancestors didn't come here in chains. Some Kenyan communist knocked up a white communist woman from Kansas and out popped Obama. Obama is black ONLY in appearance.
What you liberals mean by "Big Business" is ANY business. After all the source of evil in the world isn't Iran or North Korea. OH NO the center of evil in the world is Walmart and Mcdonald's. After all there is nothing more evil than free market capitalism. If you target the "millionaires". Guess what, they will leave the country and take their businesses and jobs with them. Your sending american jobs overseas. Killing jobs is part of the Obama recovery and the way to move "Forward" after all that "Change" Obama tried didn't work.