Showtime's THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH to Premiere, 1/17

THE CIRCUS, produced in cooperation with BLOOMBERG POLITICS and featuring BLOOMBERG POLITICS managing editors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann (co-authors of the New York Times best-sellers Game Change and Double Down, and co-hosts of the nightly political show "With All Due Respect" on Bloomberg Television) and noted campaign strategist Mark McKinnon, debuts this Sunday, January 17 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME®.

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In its first episode, "The Outsiders," premiering in the run-up to the Iowa caucuses, THE CIRCUS follows Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Bernie Sanders and GOP front-runner Donald Trump as they traverse the country on the human rollercoaster of the presidential campaign.

From Cruz's Iowa bus tour to a massive Trump rally in Florida to a Sanders anti-Wall Street jeremiad in New York, THE CIRCUS delivers the stories as they happen, revealing the intense, inspiring and infuriating narratives behind the headlines and the unique perspectives of key characters from the campaigns.

This trailblazing real-time political documentary series offers viewers a ride along the road to what promises to be one of the most fascinating and consequential elections in modern history. Follow @SHO_TheCircus on Twitter.

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