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HBO joins forces with media company Axios for a limited documentary series of news-oriented specials. Directed and produced by Emmy winner Matthew O'Neill ("Baghdad ER") and Perri Peltz ("Warning: This Drug May Kill You"), the series highlights current political, business and technology news, plus topics shaping the future. Each episode includes coverage of a timely issue, followed by exclusive interviews and short profiles to help viewers better understand big trends affecting America and the world. Co-founded in 2016 by Mike Allen, Jim VandeHei and Roy Schwartz, Axios -- taken from the Greek word for "worthy" -- is known for a mix of exclusive news and insight delivered with brevity and in a distinctly sharable format.

A fearless, raw approach to storytelling is the trademark of "VICE," a groundbreaking newsmagazine series that tackles global issues often overlooked by traditional media. From anti-government rebellions, to hotbeds of terrorist activity, to conflict and corruption, "VICE" uses an engrossing documentary style to bring unique perspective to events shaping the future. The series takes its name from a youth media company operating in more than 34 countries. Its founder, Shane Smith, is the host and chief on-air correspondent of "VICE," joined by a network of reporters including VICE co-founder Suroosh Alvi, documentary filmmaker and author Ben Anderson, Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist Fazeelat Aslam, and Iranian photojournalist and filmmaker Gelareh Kiazand.

Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, one-on-one interviews with news-making guests, roundtable discussions with panelists and "Real Time" viewers' favorite, "New Rules."

Real Time with Bill Maher is a talk show that airs weekly on HBO, hosted by comedian and political satirist Bill Maher. Much like his previous series Politically Incorrect on Comedy Central and later ABC, Real Time features a panel of guests who discuss current events in politics and the media. Unlike the previous show, guests are usually better versed in the subject matter: more experts such as journalists, professors, and politicians participate in the panel, and fewer actors and celebrities are included.

Jeff Daniels and Brendan Gleeson star as former FBI Dir. James Comey and President Donald J. Trump in this limited series of the story of two powerful men, whose strikingly different ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course. The prestige shows about the current administration are already on the way. In The Comey Rule, Jeff Daniels takes on former FBI director James Comey to dramatize the events followed by the 2016 election that Comey wrote about in his memoir, A Higher Loyalty. In the two-part, four-hour miniseries, Daniels is joined by Brendan Gleeson, Holly Hunter, William Sadler, and many others.

The classic long-running prime time TV investigative news magazine.

A four-part documentary series that explores the many surprisingly unexamined aspects of the Reagan White House, and how Nancy Reagan's paper-doll image was at odds with the power she ultimately wielded throughout her husband's presidency.