Tanner '88

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.

Seasons

Season 1

12 eps

Cast

Michael Murphy

Jack Tanner

Pamela Reed

T.J. Cavanaugh

Cynthia Nixon

Alex Tanner

Kevin J. O'Connor

Hayes Haggerty

Daniel H. Jenkins

Stringer Kincaid

Jim Fyfe

Emil Berkoff

Matt Malloy

Deke Connors

Ilana Levine

Andrea Spinelli

Veronica Cartwright

Molly Hark

Harry Anderson

Billy Ridenhour

Wendy Crewson

Joanna Buckley

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Sandra Bowie

Stevie Chevalier