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7 Episodes 2019 - 2019
Episode 1
Sun, Jun 30, 201954 mins
Roger Ailes joins forces with media magnate Rupert Murdoch to form Fox News Channel. Working feverishly to get ahead of the competition, Roger must do the unthinkable - put an entire network on the air in the space of six months.

Episode 2
Sun, Jul 7, 201947 mins
Fox News Channel is on the cusp of passing CNN to become the #1 rated news network. Then 9/11 changes everything. Roger begins pushing the news with an agenda, and finally puts Fox on top of the ratings race.

Episode 3
Sun, Jul 14, 201947 mins
With the election of "Barack Hussein Obama," Roger and Fox News Channel have found the ultimate enemy-one that will drive Fox's coverage as well as cement ratings at #1. What no one suspects are the hidden depths of Roger's secret world.

Episode 4
Sun, Jul 21, 201948 mins
Roger finds his legacy in Joe Lindsley, a 25-year-old acolyte he hires as editor of a newspaper he bought in upstate New York. Turning this paper into a conservative news source, Roger achieves his revenge against the Obama White House.

Episode 5
Sun, Jul 28, 201953 mins
Fox News Channel is now the dominant news outlet and Roger is working the levers of his power. But he doesn't see the danger posed by Gretchen Carlson. After years of harassment by Roger, she's finally had enough.

Episode 6
Sun, Aug 4, 201947 mins
Gretchen Carlson has been secretly taping Roger's harassment for over a year and is working with Nancy Erika Smith, a brassy New Jersey lawyer specializing in sexual harassment. Roger goes all in to achieve his political end of electing a president, and he's found the perfect candidate in Donald Trump. This causes conflict with Murdoch, who has no desire to publicly support such a divisive figure. But Roger makes a mistake-he fires Gretchen, unwittingly setting into motion not her demise, but his own.

Episode 7
Sun, Aug 11, 201952 mins
Once Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit becomes public, Roger moves into crisis mode, doing anything and everything he can to save his career and his legacy. Ultimately, it's not enough. Roger is fired from Fox. But even as he's lost everything, his greatest achievement eclipses him-Donald Trump wins the presidency.
