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Michael Smerconish tackles the American political & news stories of the week, offering only one kind of talking points: his own.

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What Happened to America's Mayor? asks how the man considered a hero in the aftermath of 9/11 became an architect of Donald Trump's election conspiracies. This series bears witness to Rudy Giuliani's operatic life of victories & defeats. (episode play order unpublished/unconfirmed)

6pm PT *The Myth* Rudy Giuliani bursts onto the New York City scene as US Attorney w/ high profile prosecutions of mafia bosses & Wall Street criminals. His success catapults him into his 1st run for mayor. -

7pm PT *The Mayor* Taking office as mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani aggressively takes on the city's major crime problems & huge budget deficit. - 

8pm PT *The Martyr*

Responding to the tragedy of Sept. 11, Mayor Giuliani is in his finest hour; from there, it's a slow descent to irrelevance by way of a failed 2008 presidential campaign. -

9pm PT *The Madman* In Giuliani's final chapter, he finds himself the closest he's ever been to the White House as Donald Trump takes office; w/o the guardrails his friends & loved ones provided in the past, Giuliani becomes a darker influence than ever before. - TV Passport (from prior-postin')

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This series examines the presidencies of George H. W. Bush & Bill Clinton, technological triumphs & terrorist tragedies, the grunge revolution & hip-hop's ascendance, interracial conflict across America, & a genre-bending era of television.

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This series explores the cultural & political milestones of the decade including technological triumphs like the iPhone & social media, President George W. Bush's war on terror & response to Hurricane Katrina, Barack Obama's presidential election & the financial crisis, hip-hop's rise to dominance & a creative renaissance in television.