Favorite Son

Oct 30, 1988 (en) War & Politics [255] Min
  • First Air Date
    Oct 30, 1988
  • Production
    Steve Sohmer Productions, NBC Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    47%
  • Original title
    Favorite Son
  • Release
    Oct 30, 1988
  • en
    -

The only thing more dangerous than his politics... is the woman behind them.

Overview

Favorite Son is a miniseries about political intrigue that aired on NBC in 1988 a week before that year's presidential election. It starred Harry Hamlin, Linda Kozlowski, James Whitmore, Robert Loggia, John Mahoney, Ronny Cox, and a pre-Seinfeld Jason Alexander. The miniseries was adapted from the 1987 novel of the same written by Steve Sohmer, who also wrote the teleplay.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Jonathan Bernstein

    Producer

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  1. Harry Hamlin

    Senator Terry Fallon

  2. Linda Kozlowski

    Sally Crain

  3. Robert Loggia

    Nick Mancuso

  4. John Mahoney

    Lou Brenner

  5. Ronny Cox

    Admiral William Rieker

  6. Lance Guest

    David Ross

  7. Kenneth McMillan

    Henry O'Brien

  8. Mitchell Ryan

    Vice President Dan Eastman

  9. Richard Bradford

    Charles MacDonald

  10. Jason Alexander

    Chris Van Allen

  11. Jon Cypher

    Bartholomew Scott

  12. Fredric Lehne

    Wyckoff

  13. Richard Herd

  14. Randi Brooks

  15. Dante D'Andre

  16. J. Kenneth Campbell

    Thomas

  17. Lee Kessler

  18. John Shearin

  19. Brian Thompson

    Peterson

  20. Charles Siebert

  21. Geno Silva

    Colonel Octavio Martinez

  22. Stepfanie Kramer

    Stevie Chandler

  23. James Whitmore

    The President

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 23 / Crews : 14

Miniseries ( 1988-10-29)

Part 1

Episode: 1

Part 2

Episode: 2

Part 3

Episode: 3
Oct 30, 1988 (en)
War & Politics
[255] Min
  • First Air Date Oct 30, 1988
  • Production
    Steve Sohmer Productions, NBC Productions
  • Rotten tomato 47%
Original Title Favorite Son
en

The only thing more dangerous than his politics... is the woman behind them.

Overview

Favorite Son is a miniseries about political intrigue that aired on NBC in 1988 a week before that year's presidential election. It starred Harry Hamlin, Linda Kozlowski, James Whitmore, Robert Loggia, John Mahoney, Ronny Cox, and a pre-Seinfeld Jason Alexander. The miniseries was adapted from the 1987 novel of the same written by Steve Sohmer, who also wrote the teleplay.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Jonathan Bernstein

    Producer