The heavily hyped episode wascriticizedfor going easy on Gingrich.

Chris Christie on The Michael J.

Michael Dukakis on St.

Primetime Goes to Washington

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Elsewhere in 1985

Governor Dukakis appeared on the medical drama in the 1985 episode Bye, George.

Al Gore

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Joe Biden

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Madeleine Albright on Gilmore Girls in 2005

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Tip O’Neil on Cheers in 1983

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Newt Gingrich on Murphy Brown in 1996

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Parks and Recreation

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Chris Christie on The Michael J. Fox Show in 2013

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Nancy Reagan on Diff’rent Strokes in 1983

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John Kerry on Cheers in 1992

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Donna Brazile on The Good Wife in 2011, 2012, and 2013

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Michael Dukakis on St. Elsewhere in 1985

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John McCain

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Elizabeth Warren on Alpha House in 2014

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Rudy Giuliani on Seinfeld in 1993

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Michael Bloomberg on The Good Wife in 2013

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iCarly

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Newt Gingrich

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