Alpha House (2013)

Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau's take on the Senate: four Republican senators share a rented house in Washington while facing re-election fights, looming indictments and each other. John Goodman leads as Gil John Biggs of North Carolina, a former Tar Heels basketball coach turned senator. The premise was inspired by real Democratic senators who shared a row house in the capital, and the joke is how small and domestic the lives of powerful people look up close. It is easy, low-stakes viewing, and Bill Murray turns up in the pilot as a roommate senator undone by scandal. Amazon made two seasons from 2013 before canceling it.