Shows Like Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
If you liked Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (2018), a talk and war & politics series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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8 Out of 10 Cats (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also talkA weekly, topical panel show based around a huge series of opinion poll surveys carried out around Britain.
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
★ 7.6/10Also talkThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show…
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The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
★ 6.8/10Also talkThe Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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Sharpe (1993)
★ 8/10Also war & politicsSharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not…
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Crisis Aftermath (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also talkJoin Kevin Smith as he takes you into one of the greatest crossover events in television history.
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Tanner '88 (1988)
★ 6.9/10Also war & politicsIn 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…
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Slow Burn (2020)
★ 8/10Also war & politicsIn 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.
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Washington Journal (1995)
Also talkWashington 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…
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Madam Secretary (2014)
★ 7/10Also war & politicsAfter 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…
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The World Wars (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also war & politicsThe 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…
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Mister Sterling (2003)
★ 8.2/10Also war & politicsMister 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…
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Veep (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also war & politicsA 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.
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Designated Survivor (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also war & politicsTom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.
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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
★ 7.8/10Also war & politicsChronicles 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…
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Backstairs at the White House (1979)
★ 6.1/10Also war & politicsBehind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.
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First Ladies Revealed (2017)
Also war & politicsSee how our first ladies have defined presidencies, reimagined the White House, and left their mark on American history.
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Washington Week with The Atlantic (1967)
★ 9.7/10Also talk and war & politicsJournalists participate in a round-table discussion of news events in this award-winning public affairs series. It first aired in 1967, making it the longest-running prime-time news and public affairs program on…
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Favorite Son (1988)
★ 5/10Also war & politicsFavorite Son is a miniseries about political intrigue that aired on NBC in 1988 a week before that year's presidential election. It starred Harry Hamlin, Linda Kozlowski, James Whitmore, Robert Loggia, John Mahoney…
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The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970)
★ 4.7/10Also war & politicsHays Stowe is a new senator who comes to Washington DC with his wife Erin and daughter Norma. He arrives full of optimism that being on the side of justice can help him change things for the better… The characters…
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JFK: Destiny Betrayed (2021)
★ 7/10Also war & politicsThirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place in Dallas on November 22…