PBS’ Tense, Twisty ‘Deadlock’ Offers New Model for News by Reviving Time-Honored Format
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor TV’s newest political potboiler is more erudite than “The West Wing” and more intense than “24” — and it’s coming to, of all places, PBS.
In “Deadlock,” an assemblage of government officials, politicos, clergy and media convenes to hash out — in real time — the fallout from a presidential election fraught with threats of misinformation, legal imbroglios and protests.
Aaron Tang, a professor at UC Davis School of Law, guides such notables as Jeh C. Johnson, the former secretary of Homeland Security; Kris Kobach, the attorney general of Kansas; Scott Pelley, the “60 Minutes” correspondent; Dr.
Rachel Bitecofer, a political strategist; and Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., a professor of African American studies at Princeton University through a harrowing Election Night in which every decision they make has the potential to result in dire consequences for U.S.
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