Blind Ambition (miniseries)

Blind Ambition is a four-part American miniseries that aired on CBS from May 20, 1979 to May 23, 1979 focusing on the Watergate coverup and based on the memoirs of former White House counsel John Dean and his wife Maureen.[1]

Blind Ambition
Based on	Blind Ambition
Written by	John Dean Maureen Dean Taylor Branch
Screenplay by	Stanley R. Greenberg
Directed by	George Schaefer
Starring	Martin Sheen William Daniels Ed Flanders
Theme music composer	Walter Scharf
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	Renee Valente
Cinematography	Edward R. Brown
Editors	Arthur Hilton Peter Parasheles John Wright
Running time	480 minutes
Production company	Talent Associates
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	May 20, 1979

Producer Renee Valente earned an Emmy nomination for the series.[2]

Part I ranked as the 15th most-watched show for the week of May 14–20, 1979,[3] and Parts IV, II, and III, respectively, ranked as the 11th-13th most watched primetime shows of the following week.[4]

Cast

• Martin Sheen as John Dean
• Rip Torn as Richard Nixon
• Theresa Russell as Maureen Dean
• William Daniels as G. Gordon Liddy
• Graham Jarvis as John Ehrlichman
• John Randolph as John Mitchell
• Lawrence Pressman as H.R. Haldeman
• Ed Flanders as Charlie Shaffer
• Peter Mark Richman as Robert Mardian
• James Sloyan as Ronald Ziegler
• William Windom as Richard Kleindienst
• Lonny Chapman as L. Patrick Gray
• Christopher Guest as Jeb Stuart Magruder
• James Karen as Earl Silbert
• Kip Niven as Egil Krogh

References

1. TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes and Noble. 2004. pp. 75. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.
2. Barnes, Mike (2016-02-22). "Renee Valente, Casting Executive and Pioneering Producer, Dies at 88". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
3. (23 May 1979) TV Ratings, The New York Times
4. (31 May 1979). TV Ratings, The New York Times

External links

• Blind Ambition at IMDb