Shows Like Washington Week with The Atlantic

If you liked Washington Week with The Atlantic (1967), a news and talk series, here are 18 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Match of the Day 2 (2004)
★ 7/10Also talk and news
A light-hearted look at the United Kingdom's Premier League action, rounding-up the weekend's football action.
2
Match of the Day (1964)
★ 7.6/10Also talk and news
BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015.
3
Slow Burn (2020)
★ 8/10Also war & politics
In this adaptation of the award-winning podcast, Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh excavates the strange subplots and forgotten characters of recent political history—and finds surprising parallels to the present.
4
Mister Sterling (2003)
★ 8.2/10Also war & politics
Mister Sterling is an American television serial drama created by Lawrence O'Donnell that ran from January to March in 2003. It starred Josh Brolin as an idealistic United States Senator, and featured Audra McDonald…
5
Tanner '88 (1988)
★ 6.9/10Also war & politics
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…
6
Madam Secretary (2014)
★ 7/10Also war & politics
After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of State is tough, fair, and smart, driving international diplomacy, wrangling office politics, and…
7
PBS News Hour (1975)
★ 5.7/10Also news
America's first and longest running hour-long nightly news broadcast known for its in-depth coverage of issues and current events.
8
The World Wars (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also war & politics
The story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The series examines the two wars as one…
9
Veep (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also war & politics
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.
10
Washington Journal (1995)
Also news and talk
Washington Journal is an American television series on the C-SPAN network in the format of a political call-in and interview program. The program features elected officials, government administrators and journalists as…
11
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
★ 7.8/10Also war & politics
Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that…
12
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
★ 6.1/10Also war & politics
Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.
13
First Ladies Revealed (2017)
Also war & politics
See how our first ladies have defined presidencies, reimagined the White House, and left their mark on American history.
14
Why? (2026)
Also news and war & politics
Understood - concise, clear, factual analyses: one topic, one focused summary with only the essential facts you need, readable in under 5 minutes.
15
The Diplomat (2023)
★ 7.6/10Also war & politics
Amid an international crisis, a US diplomat contends with her high-profile job as ambassador to the UK and her strained marriage to a political star.
16
The Conversation (2019)
★ 5/10Also talk
Cenk Uygur sits down for quick but substantive interviews with political and cultural thought leaders from around the US and the world. Expect to see politicians from both sides of the aisle, media personalities…
17
The Way It Is (1967)
Also news
"The Way It Is," a Sunday night one-hour show, aired from September 1967 to June 1969. Under the executive production of Ross McLean, following the success of similar CBC programs, it attracted up to 60 contributors…
18
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (2018)
★ 8/10Also talk and war & politics
Join author, activist and commentator Margaret Hoover for a public affairs talk show that delivers a civil and engaging contest of ideas among the brightest minds and voices from across the ideological spectrum.