Source Selector
No Ads
With Ads
If the current source doesn't work, try another beside it.
TV ShowWar & PoliticsAction & AdventureDrama
Favorite Son
"The only thing more dangerous than his politics... is the woman behind them."
Rating
5.0 / 10
First Aired
1988
Seasons
1
Status
Ended
Synopsis
Favorite Son is a miniseries about political intrigue that aired on NBC in 1988 a week before that year's presidential election. It starred Harry Hamlin, Linda Kozlowski, James Whitmore, Robert Loggia, John Mahoney, Ronny Cox, and a pre-Seinfeld Jason Alexander. The miniseries was adapted from the 1987 novel of the same written by Steve Sohmer, who also wrote the teleplay.
Recommended
7.0
2025
Zero Day
7.9
1988
War and Remembrance
7.6
2011
Homeland
6.5
2022
A Spy Among Friends
7.9
2008
Generation Kill
8.2
2024
The Day of the Jackal
6.4
2024
The Madness
7.7
2023
The Night Agent
7.1
2014
TURN: Washington's Spies
7.8
2018
Bodyguard
7.2
2016
Shooter
7.8
2024
Masters of the Air
8.0
2022
The Terminal List
6.9
2023
Citadel
8.1
1987
Tour of Duty
7.5
2019
Years and Years
8.6
2001
Band of Brothers
6.9
2020
The Comey Rule
7.1
1986
L.A. Law
7.1
2015
Show Me a Hero
More Like This
4.6
2006
Sinchronicity
5.5
2024
Bad to Bed
6.7
1953
The Quatermass Experiment
7.4
2006
Jericho
1998
Coming Home
7.2
2004
The Long Firm
5.0
1971
Jude the Obscure
4.7
2019
BeHappy
5.5
2013
Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story
4.0
2005
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
7.9
2004
Island at War
10.0
1981
The Turn of the Screw
7.3
1991
Brides of Christ
6.5
1977
The Rhinemann Exchange
7.0
1977
Seventh Avenue
5.7
2008
Saito-san
2022
Let's Love, My Lord
7.6
2025
The Lost Station Girls
7.2
1998
Ultraviolet