Trump-Comey Mini-Series Will Air Before Election Day

ViacomCBS has reversed course.

Days after announcing that its television adaptation of “A Higher Loyalty,” the best-selling book by the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey, would appear after the election, the company has moved the broadcast to September.

The scheduling change came two days after the director, Billy Ray, sent an email to cast members expressing disappointment that the mini-series had been scheduled to broadcast in late November on the ViacomCBS cable network Showtime. In the email, which was reviewed by The New York Times, the director said he had completed the project in the spring with the expectation that it would air before Election Day, Nov. 3.

The two-part, four-hour program, “The Comey Rule,” was adapted by Mr. Ray, the screenwriter of “Shattered Glass,” “Captain Phillips” and “Richard Jewell.” It stars Jeff Daniels as Mr. Comey, who served as the F.B.I. director from 2013 until the president abruptly fired him in May 2017. Mr. Trump is played by Brendan Gleeson, the actor perhaps best known for his portrayal of Alastor (Mad-Eye) Moody in the Harry Potter movies.

Showtime said in a statement on Wednesday that the mini-series would air on consecutive nights, Sept. 27 and Sept. 28.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/business/media/trump-comey-mini-series.html