Posted on 04/14/2006 4:37:25 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
ABC is preparing to dismiss the first female president of The United States -- after less than a year on the job!
While it is not clear if the country is ready for a woman to take the title of COMMANDER IN CHIEF, TV executives at ABC have all but decided to pull the plug on the breakthrough drama, top sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.
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"No one here will say publicly that it's over [for the show]," a well-placed insider said this week from Los Angeles. 'But it is over."
The program returns this evening after a long recess -- with the president's husband groping an intern!
THE IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE: LOW VIEWERSHIP
ABC suits will not renew COMMANDER unless audience levels can hold a 15 share, a source claims. The show crashed from a high of nearly 17 million viewers for its second episode to 10.4 million for its last, Jan. 24.
Geena Davis as President Mackenzie was launched with much fanfare and topical news crossover:
A search of the NEXIS database shows 918 press stories containing the terms "Geena Davis" and "Hillary Clinton."
"On 'COMMANDER IN CHIEF,' art can now imitate life," cheered the SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS.
But at season's end, the New York senator's handlers are surely hoping that real life does not imitate the art.
Actually in the show she is an Independent. Apparently the President who died, thus putting her in office, was a Republican who choose an Independent VP in order to help win a portion of the middle/left vote (as if there weren't enough RINO's to choose from if that was his plan).
In reality I think Hollywood was just too chicken to call her a Democrat. Her views are definitely left of center. They want to use this as a platform to criticize "all" parties (meaning Republicans) with the appearance of nonpartisonship.
Well part of the creative team is prior members of the former administration. But, then again, being a member of the Clinton administration, and having an idea of how the government runs is not necessarily inclusive.
Well .. they certainly didn't do a very good job when they were in office.
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