Watergate
10.01 Season
6 Episodes
November 2, 2018
DramaDocumentary
Overview
A look at the constitutional crisis that resulted in President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974.
Created by
Charles Ferguson
Network
History
10.0A look at the constitutional crisis that resulted in President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974.
Charles Ferguson
History
Charles Ferguson
Narrator (voice)
Douglas Hodge
Richard Nixon
John Hopkins
H.R. Bob Haldeman
Will Keen
John Ehrlichman
Elliot Levey
Henry Kissinger
Carl Bernstein
Self
Mark Dexter
John Dean
Lesley Stahl
Self
Dan Rather
Self
John McCain
Self
Bob Woodward
Self
Robert Morgan
Billy Graham
1. 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.
2. Coverup
The arrests lead to a cover-up, but it starts to unravel after Nixon's landslide re-election.
3. 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.
4. U.S. v. Nixon
The Senate Watergate Committee and the Watergate Special Prosecutor confront Nixon in a deepening Constitutional crisis.
5. Blowback
The Saturday Night Massacre prompts impeachment proceedings and a Supreme Court confrontation.
6. Endgame
Impeachment votes, Supreme Court rulings and further revelations seal Richard Nixon's fate.
