Spin City (1996)

A classic network sitcom about the person who keeps a mayor from destroying himself. Michael J. Fox plays Mike Flaherty, Deputy Mayor of New York, handling a blundering boss and herding a staff of oddballs through one press disaster after another. It is the lightest take on spin here, closer to a workplace comedy than a savage satire, but the City Hall damage control is quick and funny. Fox won an Emmy and three Golden Globes for the role before leaving at the end of season four because of Parkinson's symptoms; Charlie Sheen led the last two seasons, which are the weaker stretch. It ran on ABC from 1996 to 2002.