This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Watergate Scandal, and CNN announced that it would reexamine the affair and the anatomy of the infamous break-in that started it all.
CNN’s docuseries will be told firsthand by John Dean, former White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon, in the CNN Original Series, “Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal.”
The four-part series will air over two consecutive weekends, premiering with two episodes on Sunday, June 5 at 9 pm ET/PT on CNN.
“Watergate is the reference point for all presidencies about abuse of power and John Dean’s personal account takes our understanding of this important moment in our political history to a new level,” Amy Entelis, EVP for Talent & Content Development, CNN Worldwide, said.
“Our historical CNN Original Series continue to fascinate our audiences, providing a new lens through which to view current events.”
“Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal” takes a look inside Nixon’s inner circle and the strategies behind closed doors by the Committee to Re-Elect the President that would ultimately unravel his presidency.
In the four revealing episodes, Dean discloses more than he ever could under oath, alleviating new light on the back-channeling, the back-pedaling, and the backstabbing in this scandal.
“After passage of a half-century, we have the complete record of what happened during Watergate and this series is more than a cautionary tale about these events,” John Dean, Executive Producer, said.
“The criminal conduct of Richard Nixon and his top aides was found to be totally unacceptable to the American people and became the blueprint for what no President of the United States should do. This history is highly relevant once again, and it is a risk to our democracy to ignore it.”