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  • The District: SEASON FINALE

    Sarah Ball | Mar 30, 2009 10:00 PM

     

    All good things must come to an end -- especially when our hero is as overworked and underpaid as Barack.  And though it's time for "The District" to take a break, NEWSWEEK's satirical video team is hardly on hiatus -- you'll see more of the fun projects they've got cooking starting next week. I've heard whisperings that some Team Barack players will headline some spinoffs?  Fingers crossed for Reggie Love.

    In the meantime, join us this week as Timmy Geithner -- fresh off some props from the press, for once -- makes a last-ditch effort to save this sinking ship.  Check it out above!


  • The District: Episode Eight

    Sarah Ball | Mar 24, 2009 11:21 AM

    Congress is totally ticked about AIG execs getting bonuses with bailout cash and Barack flees The District for the Hollywood Hills. One episode to the season finale!


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  • The District: Episode Seven

    Sarah Ball | Mar 16, 2009 08:30 PM

    It's all about the Benjamins, baby -- now more than ever.  We join our hero this week as he realizes that promises are hard to keep, especially after signing a spending bill pizz-acked with earmarks. Yikes.  Some ugly rumors are ricocheting around the marble halls of our nation's capital: Could we possibly be forking over more cash to the banks and -- gasp! -- crafting a second stimulus package?!  Meanwhile, Team Barack starter Timothy Geithner is back for more as he struggles to get his economist friends to believe in his transformative power.  All this drama is set against an aural backdrop of ADHD, Sora An and Joe Echo -- click the player to tune in!


  • The District: Episode Six

    Sarah Ball | Mar 9, 2009 08:00 PM

     

    In which Barack can't get a break; McCain is all a-twitter and Limbaugh accepts an Obama challenge...


  • The District: The After Show

    Newsweek | Mar 4, 2009 02:47 AM


  • The District: Episode Four!

    Sarah Ball | Feb 23, 2009 09:00 PM

    All Barack's new friends are totally flaking out. So he finds time to smooth things over with someone who's always been there for -- or against -- him. That's right: Hillary is back in the spotlight, y'all.  She and a Samsonite full of pantsuits make their way overseas to pageant-wave and make nice with world leaders.  Sometimes it's good to leave Washington "Drama Central" D.C. behind, as Barack finds when he also leaves the city -- for Canada.  Tune in!


  • Bipartisanship Is So Last Season...

    Sarah Ball | Feb 16, 2009 10:15 PM


    When Judd Gregg tries to throw more salt on Team Barack's economic game, 44 realizes that there's a whole lotta drama-rama associated with being the president.  His pals over at "The City" usually assuage cat fights with champagne brunches, but our hero finds catharsis in, uh, Peoria.  Guest-starring Helen Thomas and that shoe-throwing Iraqi celeb -- how can you not want to tune in?!

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  • Meta Goes... Meta: 'The District' to Actually Air on MTV

    Sarah Ball | Feb 9, 2009 07:30 PM

    Get ready to geek out, America -- not only is Team Barack back for a second installment of "The District," but the first episode will also make a guest appearance on the aftershow of "The City" tonight.  That's right: the show that spawned the satire will air the satire after the show.  (Phew.)  Meanwhile, in part deux, there is trouble afoot in Washington as the gang decides to bail on Olivia's dinner party their tax returns.  Watch above!

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  • Aerial Shots + Blank Stares + "The Pussycat Dolls" = Small-Screen Bliss

    Sarah Ball | Feb 2, 2009 08:00 PM

    Pure genius, video department: NEWSWEEK gives a red, white and blue makeover to "The City," the goes-down-easy MTV reality show about beautiful people taking over Gotham.  Follow Whitney Barack as he moves into sprawling new digs in Gramercy Northwest D.C, battles machinating socialites Republicans and plays host to a bitchin' gallery inaugural party in this installment of (girl-rock crescendo; pregnant pause)..."The District."

    UPDATE: Check back next Monday for an all-new episode!!
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