CONTENTS

Introduction

PART I: ORIGIN STORY

Episode 1 UNREAL ESTATE

Episode 2 THE LEAST OBJECTIONABLE PROGRAM

Episode 3 MONOPOLY

Episode 4 AS HIMSELF

PART II: ANTIHERO

Episode 5 THE DARK SIDE

Episode 6 MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY!

Episode 7 THE PARANOID STYLE IN AMERICA’S NEWSROOM

Episode 8 THE MOST OBJECTIONABLE PROGRAM

PART III: PRESIDENT TELEVISION

Episode 9 RED LIGHT

Episode 10 THE GORILLA CHANNEL

Finale THE IDEA OF A PRESIDENT

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index