The Circus is back on Showtime Aug. 16, airing Sundays through the presidential election. Hosts John Heilemann, Alex Wagner and Mark McKinnon “take viewers behind the scenes as the Trump and Biden campaigns hurtle toward a historic Election Day in November,” said Showtime.
Season five launched this past winter.
Heilemann is a co-founder of Recount Media and executive editor of The Recount. McKinnon is a political advisor and media columnist. Wagner is a special correspondent for CBS News and a contributing editor at The Atlantic.
The Circus is produced by Left/Right for Showtime. Heilemann, McKinnon, Wagner, Banks Tarver, Ken Druckerman, Ted Bourne, Tom Johnson and Siobhan Walshe are executive producers.
