Limited Series (2019)
Release date: 2019-06-30
User rating:
7.9 / 10
Episodes (7):
1. 1995
Roger Ailes joins forces with media magnate Rupert Murdoch to form Fox News Channel. Working feverishly to get ahead of the competition, Roger must do the unthinkable - put an entire network on the air in the space of six months.
Release date: 2019-06-30
2. 2001
Fox News Channel is on the cusp of passing CNN to become the #1 rated news network. Then 9/11 changes everything. Roger begins pushing the news with an agenda, and finally puts Fox on top of the ratings race.
Release date: 2019-07-07
3. 2008
With the election of "Barack Hussein Obama," Roger and Fox News Channel have found the ultimate enemy-one that will drive Fox's coverage as well as cement ratings at #1. What no one suspects are the hidden depths of Roger's secret world.
Release date: 2019-07-14
4. 2009
Roger finds his legacy in Joe Lindsley, a 25-year-old acolyte he hires as editor of a newspaper he bought in upstate New York. Turning this paper into a conservative news source, Roger achieves his revenge against the Obama White House.
Release date: 2019-07-21
5. 2012
Fox News Channel is now the dominant news outlet and Roger is working the levers of his power. But he doesn't see the danger posed by Gretchen Carlson. After years of harassment by Roger, she's finally had enough.
Release date: 2019-07-28
6. 2015
Gretchen Carlson has been secretly taping Roger’s harassment for over a year and is working with Nancy Erika Smith, a lawyer specializing in sexual harassment. Roger goes all in on candidate Donald Trump which causes conflict with Murdoch. But Roger makes a mistake—he fires Gretchen, unwittingly setting into motion not her demise, but his own.
Release date: 2019-08-04
7. 2016
Once Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit becomes public, Roger moves into crisis mode, doing anything and everything he can to save his career and his legacy. Ultimately, it’s not enough. Roger is fired from Fox. But even as he’s lost everything, his greatest achievement eclipses him—Donald Trump wins the presidency. Limited Series Finale.
Release date: 2019-08-11
Cast
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Alex Metcalf - Executive Producer, Marci Wiseman - Executive Producer, Jason Blum - Executive Producer, Tom McCarthy - Executive Producer, Jeremy Gold - Executive Producer, Gabriel Sherman - Book, Liza Chasin - Executive Producer, Greg Pikulski - Prosthetic Makeup Artist, Dane Lonsda - Sound Mixer, Terri Taylor - Casting, Chad Birmingham - Music Editor, Victoria Robinson - Art Department Coordinator, Brett Schmidt - Prosthetic Makeup Artist, Ginge Cox - Sound Recordist, Scott R. Lewis - Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Allison Estrin - Casting, Stuart Wurtzel - Production Design, Pete Nichols - Sound Effects Editor, Rich Devine - Set Decoration, Pamela May - Hair Department Head, Stephanie Pasicov - Makeup Department Head, Amanda Miller - Wigmaker, Kristen Hirlinger - Dialogue Editor, Catherine Riley - Costume Designer, Laura Burns - Key Hair Stylist, Marcelo Zarvos - Original Music Composer