CM-BlueButterfly May 18, 2024 Share May 18, 2024 Quote CNN doc series that delves into various scandals. The first season of 6 episodes premiered earlier this year and is currently streaming on Max. CNN has renewed the series, with the second season premiering in 2025 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/147286-united-states-of-scandal-with-jake-tapper/
DanaK May 18, 2024 Share May 18, 2024 In Season 1, Jake covered the following scandals: Ep 1: Rob Blagojevich - former Governor of Illinois who had a corruption scandal trying to sell former President Obama’s Senate seat. Jake interviews Blagojevich Ep 2: Mark Sanford - former South Carolina governor who disappeared for a bit to go see his mistress in Argentina I think and the cover story was he was just hiking the Appalachian Trail. Jake interviews Sanford Ep 3: John Edwards - former Democratic candidate for president who cheated on his wife with Rielle Hunter and they had a baby. Jake interviews Hunter Ep 4: Eliot Spitzer - former NY Governor who was revealed to be a client of sex workers after a sting operation. Jake interviews Spitzer’s former mentor and closest friend Ep 5: Jim McGreevey - former New Jersey Governor who came out of the closet and resigned after a corruption scandal including hiring a boyfriend to work for him. Jake interviews McGreevey Ep 6: Valerie Plame - former overt CIA agent outed by the George W. Bush administration after her husband criticized the administration’s rationale for going to war in Iraq. Jake interviews Plame I haven’t seen the last episode yet, but overall it was an interesting season, with Jake even rethinking how he felt about some of the scandals he covered The press release for the ordering of the second season doesn’t indicate specific scandals to be covered, but I’ll post it to be complete https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2024/05/15/cnn-orders-a-second-season-of-cnn-original-series-united-states-of-scandal-with-jake-tapper/ 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/147286-united-states-of-scandal-with-jake-tapper/#findComment-8372404
CAM May 23, 2024 Share May 23, 2024 Good to hear. I thought the series was well done. Will definitely be interesting to see what scandals are covered next season. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/147286-united-states-of-scandal-with-jake-tapper/#findComment-8377053
DanaK May 23, 2024 Share May 23, 2024 5 hours ago, CAM said: Good to hear. I thought the series was well done. Will definitely be interesting to see what scandals are covered next season. I did find Rielle Hunter to be a pretty interesting interview in Episode 3. I was disappointed Jake didn't interview John Edwards for that episode, or Spitzer in Episode 4 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/147286-united-states-of-scandal-with-jake-tapper/#findComment-8377342
CAM May 23, 2024 Share May 23, 2024 5 hours ago, DanaK said: I did find Rielle Hunter to be a pretty interesting interview in Episode 3. I was disappointed Jake didn't interview John Edwards for that episode, or Spitzer in Episode 4 Yeah, agreed. It would have been interesting to hear their thoughts about their scandals after all these years have passed and if they would have handled things differently. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/147286-united-states-of-scandal-with-jake-tapper/#findComment-8377596
DanielleBowden June 12, 2024 Share June 12, 2024 I had forgotten about some of these scandals. Well done series. Looking forward to the second season. It was interesting to see the level of self-sabotage especially with Spitzer, McGreevy and Sanford. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/147286-united-states-of-scandal-with-jake-tapper/#findComment-8391508
DanaK February 6 Share February 6 Season 2 premieres Sunday March 9, probably at 9pm ET. Jake Tapper reveals in the below article the scandals and subjects that will be covered for the 6 episode second season and they sound interesting https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/cnns-jake-tapper-united-states-of-scandal-sesaon-2-1236298776/ Quote The six-episode second season of “Scandal” will include interviews between Tapper and Anita Hill, to scrutinize the Supreme Court nomination process of Clarence Thomas; former Ohio congressman Bob Ney regarding corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff; Anna Delvey, the scam artist; Floyd Landis, about the downfall of biker Lance Armstrong; former Senator Larry Pressler about ABSCAM; and Sherron Watkins, who raised alarms about corporate fraud at Enron. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/147286-united-states-of-scandal-with-jake-tapper/#findComment-8574272
Sarah 103 February 10 Share February 10 New trailer/promo for season 2. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/147286-united-states-of-scandal-with-jake-tapper/#findComment-8577170
CAM February 10 Share February 10 Looking forward to the new season, just wish media would stop giving Anna Delvey the time of day. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/147286-united-states-of-scandal-with-jake-tapper/#findComment-8577236
Sarah 103 February 10 Share February 10 2 hours ago, CAM said: Looking forward to the new season, just wish media would stop giving Anna Delvey the time of day. This question is coming from a place of pure curiosity and nothing else: Is there a story you would rather see them cover instead of Anna Delvy? It seems like the parameters are an American news story/scandal from the 21st century that most CNN viewers would have a vague awareness of. (As in, you say the name and people say "I sort of remember that" as opposed to "Who or what was that?") Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/147286-united-states-of-scandal-with-jake-tapper/#findComment-8577355
CAM February 11 Share February 11 21 hours ago, Sarah 103 said: This question is coming from a place of pure curiosity and nothing else: Is there a story you would rather see them cover instead of Anna Delvy? Honestly no idea who would have been better, but just feels like her case is a different level compared to the other scandals that this show covers; at least based on what I've seen/know. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/147286-united-states-of-scandal-with-jake-tapper/#findComment-8578086
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