OMG, the Village is taking over Hollywood
by digby
Ok, Trump and Carson are one thing. But now it's getting serious. The world has officially gone mad:
One week after striking a deal with MSNBC, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin have signed a deal for a weekly show for Showtime, the premium cable channel announced on Tuesday.
Mr. Heilemann and Mr. Halperin, perhaps best known as the authors of “Game Change,” will be featured on a weekly 30-minute show that will offer a “behind the scenes look” at the 2016 presidential election, Showtime’s president, David Nevins, said in an interview. It will not be a talk show.
Mr. Nevins likened the show, which will be called “The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth,” to Showtime’s “A Season With Notre Dame” and HBO’s “Hard Knocks.” “The Circus” will feature a rotating set of characters, he said, from the presidential candidates, to campaign handlers and possibly members of the news media. Mr. Heilemann and Mr. Halperin will be correspondents on the show, along with the Republican strategist Mark McKinnon. It will premiere in January.
These are the two most boring people on earth, do they not know this? Did the suits at Showtime fail to watch their show?
It was bad enough that MSNBC thought they'd be interesting and informative. But at least they are a cable news network and being boring is somewhat expected. Do these Showtime execs think they are some kind of answer to John Oliver?
Oh dear...
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