The Front Runner
“The week America went tabloid.”
DramaHistory
Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.
VIBE
A sharp, character-driven drama that dissects the intoxicating allure and brutal realities of a presidential campaign. It captures the pressure-cooker atmosphere of politics, where ambition clashes with personal life, leading to a gripping, inevitable fall.
tensedramaticintrospectiveunsettlingsteadypolitical dramabiographicalcharacter-drivenambitionscandalpublic imagepolitical downfall
politicssenatorcoloradopoliticianbiographybased on true storyscandallove affairpresidential campaign1980s
