What TV Shows Does Obama Watch?
April 12, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Television
Have you ever wondered what kinds of TV shows President Barack Obama likes to watch? I won’t lie, I’ve wondered about music but I assumed he really didn’t have time for television. I read an article on Variety.com that changed my mind.
image: Newscom
Apparently, the American President loves to watch Entourage (me too!) which is about an up-and-coming actor and his group of friends (and brother) after he moves out to Hollywood. It’s based loosely on the life of Mark Wahlberg, who produces the series. I didn’t know that the character of Ari Gold (a talent agent played perfectly by Jeremy Piven) is actually based on Endeavor’s Ari Emanuel, who is actually the brother of Obama’s chief-of-staff, Rahm Emanuel. That’s got to make Ari’s antics even more hilarious.
How much does Obama like the show? One White House mouthpiece claims that the campaign schedule was rearranged so that he never had to miss an episode. WOW!
He also admitted to liking The Wire and ESPN’s “Sportcenter” (I watch it almost every night too!).
