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Season three begins with Selina, eying a promotion, courting Iowa caucus voters at a signing for her new book, 'Some new beginnings.' Soon, Selina and her staff, are back in D.C. for Mike's wedding, learn that Secretary of Defense Maddox is resigning; setting Selina up for a possible run in the presidential primaries against Maddox and her nemesis, war-vet Danny Chung.
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Former Senator Selina Meyer has gone from onetime VP to now-president and must still run for election. This season follows Meyer and her staff as they attempt to make their mark and leave a lasting legacy without getting tripped up in the day-to-day political games that define Washington.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns for a second season in her Emmy winning role as Vice President Selina Meyer in VEEP. As midterm elections loom, Vice President Meyer is scoring higher ratings than the President in several popularity polls, which she hopes will boost her influence and help her curry favor with the chief executive. But despite her best intentions, even the most banal actions can set off unexpected and often disastrous consequences. Her staff...
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Jefferson Smith is a small town idealist who answers the call to duty when he's unexpectedly named to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate. Determined to do some good, he sponsors a bill to create a national boy's camp, unaware it threatens to undermine a graft scheme sponsored by his home state's crooked political machine. Framed and threatened with expulsion, Jefferson takes to the Senate floor to prove his innocence.
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In the first season of the gripping political thriller Madam Secretary, Dr. Elizabeth McCord navigates the maze of politics to protect America and affect global issues. When the current Secretary of State is killed in a mysterious airplane accident, the White House turns to Elizabeth to take over the job. As a former CIA analyst, she understands the risks of the world. However, she's far less prepared for the treachery of politics.
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Modern-day issues straight from the headlines are just another day in office for President Elizabeth McCord. Her experience got her elected, but now her intelligence will determine the success of her presidency, with the whole world watching, including her CIA operative husband Henry, and staff members Russell Jackson, Daisy Grant, and Mike Barnow. Balancing leading the free world and defending her good name, McCord once again proves she's the right...
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When it comes to prisoner negotiations, international aid, and thwarting the next world war, look no further than U.S. Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord. Since joining the White House staff, she's seen her fair share of global threats, but her greatest challenges lie ahead. While she and her husband Henry must outsmart their own personal stalker, new enemies emerge both overseas and in the states. Working alongside President Conrad Dalton, Elizabeth...
12) Enemies among us
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The Governor of Louisiana, Chip Majors, is at the top of his game. He is the number one pick for the vice presidential nominee for his party. But his past as a secret National Security Agency operative has now come back to haunt him. Now he must fight for his political career, and also his life!
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In her life, Elizabeth McCord has led many roles, as a CIA analyst, a professor, a wife, and a mother, but now, she leads America's foreign policy as Secretary of State. The sensitive nature of her work creates tension at home when she's forced to keep secrets from her husband Henry, recently reactivated as an intelligence asset. As tensions mount with Russia and chaos brews in the Middle East, Elizabeth answers directly to President Conrad Dalton....
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Season Four finds Elizabeth trying to achieve diplomacy despite many global enemies poised against her and new political rivals at home. Henry takes on a new role at the CIA, which sometimes puts him at cross-purposes with Elizabeth, both professionally and personally. In addition, this season, their daughters Stevie continues with her internship in Russell Jackson's office and Alison goes off to college, press secretary Daisy has a baby, and the...
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Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. No crisis is out of control for Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord. Thinking outside the box and acting outside political protocol make McCord a force to be reckoned with both stateside and overseas, along with support from her CIA operative husband Henry, Chief of Staff Jay, policy advisor Kat, and of course, President Dalton. As McCord prepares to transition from her office to a presidential campaign, she₂s...
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It's 1985 in an alternate reality and a record store clerk Nick Brady begins to experience strange visions transmitted from an extra-terrestrial source he calls VALIS. He uproots his family and moves to Los Angeles where he becomes a successful music executive with a secret mission to overthrow the oppressive government. With the help of his best friend, himself and a beautiful, mysterious woman named Silvia, Nick finds himself drawn into a conspiracy...
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In this gripping drama, Senator Hays Stowe works tirelessly to serve his constituents and the American people as a whole. Exploring the issues facing our nation, it received praise for its intelligent portrayal of the challenges and responsibilities inherent in one of the most sacred duties imaginable. A fascinating look back at the ideals held within our political system and a program whose themes still resonate today.
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Based on John Ehrlichman's post-Watergate novel The Company, set against the backdrop of a war in Southeast Asia, this award-winning miniseries tells the story of a paranoid president, an administration under siege, and a reckless group of White House aides desperate to hold onto power.
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