Ended

Tanner '88

Created by: Garry Trudeau Robert Altman

6.9 8

1988

1 season

ComedyWar & Politics

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.

Seasons

Season 1

Cast

Kevin J. O'Connor

Daniel H. Jenkins

Stringer Kincaid

Andrea Spinelli

Veronica Cartwright

Billy Ridenhour

Stevie Chevalier

David Seidelman

Greg Procaccino

Waylon Jennings

David Alan Grier

Secret Serviceman,

Secret Serviceman,

Malcolm Jenkins

, Secret Serviceman

Robert Gerringer

Patricia Falkenhain

Michael Poisson

Rev. Billy Crier

Molly's Crewmember #1

Molly's Crewmember #2

Focus Group Participant

Marshall Fallwell Jr.

Focus Group Participant

Himself - New Grass Revival

Himself (uncredited)

Himself - New Grass Revival

Himself (uncredited)

Himself - New Grass Revival

Gen. John Tanner

Secret Serviceman

Secret Serviceman

Gregory McKinney

Secret Serviceman

Sidney Blumenthal

Hodding Carter III

Pamela Ginzburg

Secret Service Agent (uncredited)

Randall Robinson

Self (uncredited)

Self (uncredited)

Secret Serviceman

Secret Serviceman

Molly's Cameraman

Rebecca De Mornay

Dorothy Sarnoff

Sandra J. Burud

James "Gypsy" Haake

Flight Attendant

Secret Serviceman

Himself (uncredited)

Lee Hamilton, Tanner Secretary of State