All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon

    • March 6, 2016
    • CNN

    John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon have the first televised presidential debate; one where presentation made as much of an impact as message, and may have cost Nixon the election.

  • S01E02 Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen A. Douglas

    • March 13, 2016
    • CNN

    Lincoln's oratory and underhanded tactics gave him the chance to beat Stephen Douglas, one of the most formidable politicians of his generation.

  • S01E03 George H.W. Bush vs. Michael Dukakis

    • March 20, 2016
    • CNN

    Vice President Bush deals with the scandal of Iran Contra while campaigning against Michael Dukakis with television attack ads that would sink the Democrat's presidential chances.

  • S01E04 Harry Truman vs. Thomas Dewey

    • March 27, 2016
    • CNN

    Harry Truman travels by train across America, in a race against time to win the presidency, as he falls in the polls while leading an unpopular, divided party against Thomas Dewey.

  • S01E05 Andrew Jackson vs. John Quincy Adams

    • April 3, 2016
    • CNN

    After losing the election of 1824 to John Adams, General Andrew Jackson comes back with a vicious, vile and personal attack campaign to win the 1828 election.

  • S01E06 Bill Clinton vs. George H.W. Bush

    • April 10, 2016
    • CNN

    Bill Clinton fights back against a tarnished image as adulterer and draft dodger to win the presidency.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Barack Obama vs. John McCain

    • February 16, 2020
    • CNN

    The 2008 race sees freshman Senator Barack Obama go up against Republican Senator John McCain.

  • S02E02 Ronald Reagan vs. Jimmy Carter

    • February 23, 2020
    • CNN

    The 1980 race sees President Carter and Republican Ronald Reagan fighting off fierce challenges from within, as both parties struggle to re-invent themselves and use the global media spotlight to their advantage.

  • S02E03 Lyndon B. Johnson vs. Barry Goldwater

    • March 1, 2020
    • CNN

    The 1964 race was held in a country still reeling from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and pits incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson against conservative Republican Barry Goldwater.

  • S02E04 Woodrow Wilson vs. Theodore Roosevelt vs. William Howard Taft vs. Eugene Debs

    • March 8, 2020
    • CNN

    The 1912 race is an election between four remarkable candidates - former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt, his anointed heir President William Howard Taft, scholarly and religious Democrat Woodrow Wilson, and Socialist Eugene Debs.

  • S02E05 Jimmy Carter vs. Gerald Ford

    • September 13, 2020
    • CNN

    The election of 1976 pits the politician establishment personified by President Gerald Ford against Jimmy Carter.

  • S02E06 Dwight D. Eisenhower vs. Adlai Stevenson

    • December 20, 2020
    • CNN

    Republican General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Democrat Adlai Stevenson both were persuaded to run for the White House, but as the gloves come off this becomes a fierce battle for hearts and minds.