{"id":49545,"date":"2023-02-01T19:05:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T00:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=49545"},"modified":"2023-02-01T19:05:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T00:05:30","slug":"new-season-of-the-circus-premieres-sunday-february-26-8-pm-et-pt-on-showtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/01\/new-season-of-the-circus-premieres-sunday-february-26-8-pm-et-pt-on-showtime\/","title":{"rendered":"New Season of &#8220;The Circus&#8221; Premieres Sunday, February 26 @ 8 PM ET\/PT on Showtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49546\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-circus-showtime.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-circus-showtime.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the-circus-showtime-300x166.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>As a year of high-stakes political drama kicks into gear, the Emmy-nominated series THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH returns for a new season on Sunday, February 26 @ 8PM ET\/PT on SHOWTIME. Hosts John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, and Jennifer Palmieri pull back the curtain on this extraordinarily fractured and volatile moment for American democracy.<\/p>\n<p>THE CIRCUS hits the ground running in 2023 to examine a new era of divided government as President Joe Biden braces for withering GOP-led House investigations.<\/p><div id=\"morty-948635033\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, bitter divisions among Republicans signal a tumultuous year ahead for the party and the nation. And while President Biden mulls a bid for reelection amidst questions about his mishandling of classified documents, former President Donald Trump is facing multiple investigations of his own, as well as staring down a list of potential Republican challengers, in his third run for the White House.<\/p>\n<p>John Heilemann is a co-founder of Recount Media and executive editor of <em>The Recount<\/em>, as well as the host of its <em>Hell &amp; High Water<\/em> podcast; national affairs analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, where he appears regularly on <em>Morning Joe, Deadline: White House, The Last Word<\/em>, and other programs; and co-author of the New York Times No. 1 bestsellers <em>Game Change and Double Down<\/em>, on the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, respectively. 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