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T10 WHATS UP! June 30 - July 6, 2019 the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News — and Divided a Country" by Gabriel Sherman, the seven-episode miniseries focuses on the last decade of Ailes' life, but it includes flash- backs to his earlier days as a television executive and media consultant. To understand the current political climate in the United States, we must under- stand the man who helped shaped our present reality. The Showtime bio outlines the gen- esis of Fox News — a fateful encounter with Richard Nixon on the set of "The Mike Doug- las Show" — as well as the alle- gations of sexual misconduct and settlements that brought down Ailes. In 2016, multiple women came forward claiming Ailes had sexually harassed them af- ter former "Fox & Friends" co- host and host of "The Real Sto- ry" Gretchen Carlson filed suit against her old boss. In the wake of these allegations, many sordid details about Fox News's toxic corporate culture were released to a largely un- surprised public. Under Ailes' tyrannical leadership, Fox News became a television powerhouse, but for many em- ployees, working there was a nightmare. The miniseries hails from Blumhouse productions, which is responsible for the wildly popular horror films "Get Out," (2017), "Insidious" (2010) and its sequels, the "Paranormal Activity" fran- chise (2007 to 2015) and many more hits. Recently, the com- pany has started to branch out with non-horror television projects like last year's lauded "Sharp Objects." With that said, the company's creations still have a tinge of horror to them, just not in what might be considered the traditional way. Co-president of Blumhouse Television Marci Wiseman stated at the ATX Television Festival in Austin earlier this year, "It's not just horror, but what's horrifying." "The Loudest Voice" takes viewers behind the scenes into a world where winning is ev- erything, and where horrifying acts go unpunished. The spot- light shines brightest on those in power who acted with impu- nity and those who helped cov- er up everything. The scenes between our two leads are uncomfortable and claustrophobic, but thankfully the filming of them was any- thing but. "The Loudest Voice" marks a reunion between Crowe and Watts, who worked together all the way back in the early 1990s in the Australian miniseries "Brides of Christ." Crowe told Entertainment Weekly that he had a fabulous time working with his fellow Aussie and longtime friend: "The last time I was on a show with Naomi, it was way back. We didn't really do that much work together on the show, but we've known each other for a long time." Next year marks a major milestone in the history of tele- vision. On June 1, 1980, the Ca- ble News Network (CNN) launched and forever changed the way in which we interact with the news. In its wake, many 24-hour news networks were launched, each trying to replicate the success of the At- lanta-based network. Fox News took to the air- waves in 1996, and the media landscape has never been the same. Since then, the reigning king of cable news has trans- formed itself into one of the most powerful entities in the world. Regardless of your views of the network, its cul- tural dominance is undeniable, and this transformation would never have been possible with- out Roger Ailes' leadership. On Sunday, June 30, witness the birth of Fox News, the ugly accusations that brought down Ailes and everything in be- tween in the premiere of "The Loudest Voice," on Showtime. Sienna Miller in a scene from "The Loudest Voice" continued from page T2 The architect: An unrecognizable Russell Crowe is 'The Loudest Voice' TV FEATURE