The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth

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Season 1
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 17, 2016
Season #: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. levi9998
    Oct 18, 2016
    10
    The Circus offers a unique inside view to the 2016 presidential campaign not found anywhere else. Wish this definitive documentary existed for past elections!

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Joshua Alston
    Mar 8, 2016
    83
    The show is at its best when national politics is at its worst.
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    Mar 2, 2016
    80
    Cheerfully cynical yet with a sincere appetite for the game, The Circus is both a document and an example of the superficiality of today’s elections. It may not be a three-dimensional picture, but it’s a vivid one.
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  3. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    Feb 26, 2016
    90
    This is one circus worth attending, a series bottomless in its capacity to fascinate.
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