The Fourth Estate
VOTE NOW
Series Details & Credits
| SHOWTIME | Release Date: May 27, 2018 |
Summary:
The four-part documentary series directed by Liz Garbus features the editors and reporters at The New York Times as they cover President Trump's first year.
Genre(s):
News/Documentary, Documentary
Watch Now
| Buy on |
|
| Stream On |
|
| Stream On |
|
Recent Episodes
-
S1:E4. The Fourth Estate: Matters of Fact
Air Date: June 17, 2018
Positive:
11
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
May 23, 2018
Season 1 Review:
Although it is filled with sort of pulse-quickening journalistic jujitsu one expects--the deadlines, the doggedness, the scoops, the backlash--it is also refreshingly human in scope, stopping more than once to observe the emotional toll on these journalists who are working themselves to the bone.
Read full review
May 25, 2018
Season 1 Review:
The thing about newsrooms is that they’re full of characters, and always have been, even before Twitter made us count them. The Fourth Estate gets that and shows the people behind the bylines, the podcasts, and the tweets. ... You might see, yes, how hard they try, but also why--and even, amid their obvious exhaustion, how much fun they have doing it.
Read full review
May 29, 2018
Season 1 Review:
The series is mostly an engrossing, behind-the-scenes look at a journalistic renaissance driven by the upheaval in Washington. But the fatigue that reporters experience from the barrage of breaking news, and the partisan rancor that makes their jobs so difficult, wears on the viewer as well. ... Yet the series does capture the excitement and crush of journalism today by throwing itself into an exhaustive news cycle.
Read full review
May 25, 2018
Season 1 Review:
Regardless of its flaws, The Fourth Estate is the equivalent of mainlining pure political-news heroin, a fascinating fly-on-the-wall look at the frantic and unenviable lifestyle of those genuinely doing their best to provide honest and aggressive journalism in the face of a government intent on muzzling it.
Read full review
Jul 27, 2018
May 29, 2018
Season 1 Review:
Tthis emphasis on the fret and care that goes into every word in every story, especially those that shift the conversation and attract the ire of the president, can also drag the energy down. ... Nevertheless, when The Fourth Estate hits its stride, it provides quite an education about the challenges facing every news outlet, concretized in one of America’s top publications.
Read full review
Mar 31, 2020
0 of 0 users found this helpful00
More From Metacritic
Current TV Shows
By MetascoreBy User Score
Seasons & Episodes
- Series Overview
-
Season 1
-
-
Season 1 Overview
Air Date: May 27, 2018
-
S1:E4. The Fourth Estate: Matters of Fact
Air Date: June 17, 2018
-
Season 1 Overview