Television[edit]
The television series The West Wing created by Aaron Sorkin which focuses on the fictional Democratic administration of President Josiah Bartlet is widely considered one of the best TV shows of all time,[12][13][14][15][16] having won three Golden Globe Awards and 26 Primetime Emmy Awards, including the award for Outstanding Drama Series, which it won four consecutive times from 2000 to 2003.[17]
Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister were British political satire sitcoms.
Other television series that have been classified as political dramas include Borgen, Boss, Jack & Bobby, The Bold Ones: The Senator, Commander in Chief, House of Cards (UK and US versions), Madam Secretary, Designated Survivor, Spin, Ingobernable, Scandal, Billions, The Looming Tower, and The Mechanism.
The Good Wife can also be considered a political drama, especially in its critically acclaimed second season and fifth season. Races for political office, including state's attorney, governor, and even a Presidential run, move in and out of the show's narrative and the story of its main character, Alicia Florrick. However, Alicia's primary profession as a litigator for the most part takes precedence in the narrative, and so the show more often focuses on her cases and related office politics, making it primarily a legal drama.
Film[edit]
There have been notables films that have been labeled as political dramas such as Thirteen Days and The Ides of March. A famous literary political drama which later made the transition to film was Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men.