Watergate
Miniseries
Created by: Charles Ferguson
Network: History
Season aired: 2018-11-02
Overview
A look at the constitutional crisis that resulted in President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974.
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Episodes · 6
The Burglary
President Richard Nixon is reelected in 1972, but attacks from the media and the antiwar movement goad him to take the dark path to the Watergate burglary.
Coverup
The arrests lead to a cover-up, but it starts to unravel after Nixon's landslide re-election.
Things Fall Apart
As the cover-up cracks, White House counsel John Dean turns on Nixon, a Senate committee is formed and a special prosecutor is appointed.
U.S. v. Nixon
The Senate Watergate Committee and the Watergate Special Prosecutor confront Nixon in a deepening Constitutional crisis.
Blowback
The Saturday Night Massacre prompts impeachment proceedings and a Supreme Court confrontation.
Endgame
Impeachment votes, Supreme Court rulings and further revelations seal Richard Nixon's fate.
