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September 28, 2005

Why I rarely watch the Big Three

I tried, I really tried to watch the "new" ABC show, Commander in Chief. But at 23 minutes into the show, I just couldn't take it anymore.

The dialogue was inane, the initial storyline unbelievable, the acting abysmal, the director phoned it in ...

This is the big jewel that ABC has been aggressively marketing? One would be forgiven for flirting with the idea that this was made by people trying to ridicule the idea of a woman president. Geena Davis attempts to communicate seriousness by not moving a muscle in her face -- or did she over do the botox like the collagened lips?

Charmaine went above and beyond and live-blogged it, coming up with this summation:

Is it possible to jump the shark in the very first episode?
And Jeff Harrell points out why some of us are going to be particularly disturbed by CinC:
Mary McDonnell has been playing the president on a different and far superior television show for going on three years now, and the issue of her gender has never once come up.
Bets now, how many episodes will this aired before being yanked?


Posted by Darleen at September 28, 2005 06:39 AM

Comments

Truly awful. The only new shows that are any good are Surface, Invasion and My Name is Earl. Surface especially is turning out to be pretty good. Alien sea monsters -- how can you go wrong?

Posted by: Kelly Parks at September 28, 2005 10:11 AM

It's just to pave the way for Billary. Nothing more than your deer in the headlights chick running for Prez.

Posted by: Verlch at September 28, 2005 09:16 PM