R&M doesn’t quite seem right 🤔 if I had to offer a choice, I’m thinking of The Break With Michelle Wolf - it was cancelled after a season, but it was basically full of meta-commentary about other commentary, news about news, etc
game of thrones + house of cards very much reflected the zietgeist in 2016 before trump was elected: highlighting this sort of public persona / private motivations dichotomy and the belief that detailed diabolical complicated plans work. 7D chess or whatever.