From 'Veep' to 'Designated Survivor': What would President Trump think of these TV presidents?
As Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns Sunday in her Emmy-winning HBO comedy, we look at the leaders for whom we vote only with our remotes.
Before we elected Celebrity Apprentice star Donald J. Trump to the Oval Office, TV presidents had only The West Wing's Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen) to measure themselves against.
It wasn't much of a contest -- only 24's David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert) came close -- which may be why most TV presidents are no longer even trying to win the popular vote. It's enough just to get our attention.
As HBO's Veep returns Sunday for a sixth, side-splittingly cynical view of life inside the Beltway, we hail Julia Louis-Dreyfus' (now former) President Selina Meyer and other current TV commanders-in-chief.
President Trump, who knows a thing or two about grabbing focus, probably doesn't have time to watch his fictional counterparts. But what if he did? Here's what might interest him.