Airdate: John McCain: Maverick

SBS screens a US political documentary John McCain: Maverick (as opposed to James Garner, Maverick).

This will be followed by yet another Trump doco series, Fourth Estate: The NY Times And Trump.

John McCain: Maverick is an exploration of Senator John McCain’s complicated
relationship with President Trump and the Republican Party, as well as his life and politics.
Drawing on both a collection of new interviews and a deep archive of reporting, the film traces the conservative standard-bearer’s motivations and his political history – from his experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, to speaking out against torture during the Bush administration, to his dramatic vote against the GOP’s health care bill last year.
The film also examines how, with his 2008 nomination of Sarah Palin as running mate, McCain himself contributed to a growing challenge to the party’s establishment. In the news recently over his staunch refusal to allow Trump to attend his funeral, this is a timely portrait of a divisive figure of modern American politics.

Sunday, 10 June at 8.25pm on SBS.

Fourth Estate: The NY Times And Trump.
The Fourth Estate: The NY Times and Trump will follow the reporters on the frontlines covering the 45th President, as well as the events shaping this extraordinary year in American history. With exclusive access to political reporters from The New York Times, this documentary will take us from Moscow hotels to Iowa diners, as reporters track down leads on everything from Russian connections, to the lived effects of Trump policies in the American heartland, making some of the toughest judgment calls in the history of the profession.

The First 100 Days
The first three months of Trump’s presidency tests the stamina of the political reporters at The New York Times as they adapt to a nonstop news cycle, an unpredictable White House, and the President calling them ‘the enemy of the people’.

Sunday, 10 June at 9.25pm on SBS
This episode will be repeated on SBS VICELAND on Thursday, 14 June at 9.00pm. The series will continue exclusively on SBS VICELAND in the coming weeks at its Thursday time slot.