The Loudest Voice
7-part limited series about Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News, focusing on the past decade which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party's de facto leader and the sexual harassment accusations that brought his career to an end.
Cast:Russell Crowe , Sienna Miller , Seth MacFarlane , Annabelle Wallis , Simon McBurney , Aleksa Palladino , Naomi Watts , Josh Stamberg , Rod McLachlan , Mackenzie Astin , Susan Pourfar , Lucy Owen , Jenna Leigh Green , John Harrington Bland , Barry Watson , Patch Darragh , Taylor Louderman , David Whalen
S1.E1 ∙ 1995
Roger Ailes joins forces with media magnate Rupert Murdoch to form Fox News Channel. Working feverishly to get ahead of the competition, Roger must do the unthinkable - put an entire network on the air in the space of six months.
S1.E2 ∙ 2001
Fox News Channel is on the cusp of passing CNN to become the #1 rated news network. Then 9/11 changes everything. Roger begins pushing the news with an agenda, and finally puts Fox on top of the ratings race.
S1.E3 ∙ 2008
With the election of "Barack Hussein Obama," Roger and Fox News Channel have found the ultimate enemy-one that will drive Fox's coverage as well as cement ratings at #1. What no one suspects are the hidden depths of Roger's secret world.
S1.E4 ∙ 2009
Roger finds his legacy in Joe Lindsley, a 25-year-old acolyte he hires as editor of a newspaper he bought in upstate New York. Turning this paper into a conservative news source, Roger achieves his revenge against the Obama White House.
S1.E5 ∙ 2012
Fox News Channel is now the dominant news outlet and Roger is working the levers of his power. But he doesn't see the danger posed by Gretchen Carlson. After years of harassment by Roger, she's finally had enough.
S1.E6 ∙ 2015
Gretchen Carlson secretly tapes Roger's harassment for over a year and works with a lawyer specializing in sexual harassment. Roger goes all in to achieve his goal of electing a president, and finds the perfect candidate in Donald Trump.
S1.E7 ∙ 2016
Once Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit becomes public, Roger moves into crisis mode, doing everything he can to save his career and legacy. But even as he loses everything, his greatest achievement eclipses him-Donald Trump wins the presidency.
