overview : 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.

First Air Date : Oct 30, 1988

Last Air Date : Nov 01, 1998

Runtime : 4h 15m

Episodes : 3

Seasons : 1

Genre : War & Politics,

Companies : Steve Sohmer Productions, NBC Productions

Countries : US

Keywords : conspiracy, miniseries, u.s. senator, usa politics