# HBO is making a miniseries of the 2016 election **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-is-making-a-miniseries-of-the-2016-election/781819 "2017-03-10T00:06:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-is-making-a-miniseries-of-the-2016-election/781819/1 "2017-03-10T00:06:29Z")
> **[Donald Trump Election Victory Subject Of HBO Miniseries From ‘Game Change’ Team](https://deadline.com/2017/03/donald-trump-election-victory-hbo-miniseries-game-change-team-tom-hanks-jay-roach-1202040118/)** > > Donald Trump’s unconventional presidential campaign and improbable victory over Hillary Clinton is getting a miniseries treatment by HBO. The project will chronicle Trump’s road to vict… It will be based on the upcoming book by the “Game Change” authors As exhausted as I am by the election, I kept thinking this needed to be made into a miniseries by someone. I can’t wait, assuming they cast it right ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-is-making-a-miniseries-of-the-2016-election/781819/2 "2017-03-10T00:09:18Z")
Too soon. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-is-making-a-miniseries-of-the-2016-election/781819/3 "2017-03-10T02:37:55Z")
Best to get it made and released before such things are forbidden. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-is-making-a-miniseries-of-the-2016-election/781819/4 "2017-03-10T03:05:06Z")
Sorry. not gonna start paying for HBO just to watch something with a downer ending. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-is-making-a-miniseries-of-the-2016-election/781819/5 "2017-03-10T03:07:15Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Too soon. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-is-making-a-miniseries-of-the-2016-election/781819/6 "2017-03-10T03:24:03Z")
I think there will be an extraordinary political thriller made about these times, assuming we survive as a civilization, but I don’t think it’s time to make it _yet_. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-is-making-a-miniseries-of-the-2016-election/781819/7 "2017-03-10T03:27:23Z")
Alec Baldwin playing Trump? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-is-making-a-miniseries-of-the-2016-election/781819/8 "2017-03-10T04:00:33Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Alec Baldwin playing Trump? 😃 He’s backing off on playing the Trump character because of the maliciousness coming from the Orange One. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-is-making-a-miniseries-of-the-2016-election/781819/9 "2017-03-10T04:38:01Z")
…or because the Russians have something on \*him \* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-is-making-a-miniseries-of-the-2016-election/781819/10 "2017-03-10T04:58:59Z")
Should’ve made it a documentary and called it “[The War Room II: This Time We Lose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Room).” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-is-making-a-miniseries-of-the-2016-election/781819/11 "2017-03-10T21:40:52Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > +1 x1,000,000 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-is-making-a-miniseries-of-the-2016-election/781819/12 "2017-03-10T22:18:40Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Alec Baldwin playing Trump? 😃 Fingers crossed for Mark Hamill.