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Watching: Tanner '88

6.9•1988-02-15•1 Seasons

Season 1

Episode 6

Seasons

Episodes

The Dark Horse (1)

The Dark Horse (2)

The Night of the Twinkies

Moonwalker and Bookbag

Bagels with Bruce

The Great Escape

The Girlfriend Factor

Something Borrowed, Something New

The Boiler Room

The Reality Check

Overview

In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news. The result was the groundbreaking Tanner ’88, a piercing satire of media-age American politics.