'The Comey Rule' Release Date Bumped Up To Air Before The 2020 Election

‘The Comey Rule’ Release Date Bumped Up To Air Before The 2020 Election

Last week,we got our first glimpseat the upcoming Showtime political drama miniseriesThe Comey Rule. Based on former FBI directorJames Comey’s bookA Higher Loyalty, the miniseries focuses on Russia’s manipulation of the United States election process in 2016 and the investigation into the Trump presidency that followed after evidence pointed to collusion between his campaign higher-ups and Russian operatives.

Much of the drama inThe Comey Rulecomes from the contentious relationship between Comey (Jeff Daniels) and President Donald Trump (Brendan Gleeson), making it a prime piece of entertainment for the 2020 election season. But Showtime was planning on releasing the miniseries in late November, well after the election was over. However, it seems a passionate plea from directorBilly Ray, and perhaps James Comey himself, has changed their mind, because it will now air before the election.

The New York Timesgot ahold of the e-mail Billy Ray sent to the cast and crew of the show. In the e-mail, he admits defeat, thinking that he wasn’t able to sway the powers that be to release the miniseries before the 2020 election. Ray wrote:

This e-mail was sent on Monday, but since then, a Showtime spokesperson followed up with this update:

“We will be announcing several changes to our schedule, and The Comey Rule is most likely moving to air before the election.”

Perhaps Showtime’s decision to bump up the miniseries, which will air in two parts that are roughly two hours each, was motivated by a brief statement made by Comey himself after it was revealedThe Comey Rulewould air after the election. The former FBI director said:

“I don’t understand why CBS would sit on a movie about important current events, and I hope the American people get the chance to see it soon.”

While a specific release date hasn’t been announced yet, Election Day is on November 3 this year, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it aired in late October.The Comey Ruleis meant to air on two consecutive nights, but exactly which nights it will air on has yet to be determined. As long as this airs before the election and pushes more headlines about how corrupt and terrible Donald J. Trump is as President of the United States of America, then we’ll be happy to see it whenever.