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Tanner '88 (1988)

For real.

1 season12 episodes353 min per episode★ 7.8 · 1,056 votes

• Comedy
• Drama

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 their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news. The result was the groundbreaking Tanner ’88, a piercing satire of media-age American politics.

First aired

February 15, 1988

Last episode

August 22, 1988

Network

HBO

Country of origin

United States