Now lets get rid of that Geena Davis POS thing.
http://medialifemagazine.com/artman/publish/article_2304.asp
Shrinking mandate for 'Commander'
First-year ABC drama hits a series low of 2.4
By Abigail Azote
Jan 19, 2006
Commander In Chiefs Geena Davis may have walked away with the Best Actress in a Drama award during Mondays Golden Globes, but among the American voting public she's sliding in the opinion polls that matter most, the ratings.
They've been on a steady decline for the once-promising freshman show.
Commander averaged a 2.4 rating on Tuesday night, an all-time low for ABC's political drama. Thats down 14 percent from the previous weeks 2.8 18-49 rating, its second lowest, for the shows first original episode to air since Nov. 29. And its down substantially, 38 percent, from the shows 3.9 season-to-date average.
Part of the decline can be attributed to its holiday hiatus. Viewers have a way of drifting back to shows that have been off the air for a bit.
More worrisome is the show's increased competition in the Tuesday 9 p.m. timeslot. The return of Foxs "American Idol" was expected to dominate Tuesday night, as it did, overwhelmingly so, but "Commander" also lost out to NBCs drooping "Scrubs" and a repeat of CBSs "CSI."
Commander tells the story of the countrys first female president, and as such has caught much flack over charges of being a vehicle to get a woman, Sen. Hillary Clinton in particular, into the real White House. Such publicity doesnt seem to have helped the show.
Even the addition of a powerhouse producer like Steven Bochco early on in the season couldnt halt the shows decline. It peaked in its second week out, with a 4.8 rating, and has not come close to that level since.
Commander made Newsdays Worst of 2005 list. While this show has become a moderate-sized success -- with 17 million suckers tuning in each week -- that doesn't overrule the fact that Commander is often silly, sophomoric and utterly improbable, wrote Verne Gay.
Otherwise known as "Preparing '08 for Hillary".
I think that show has already been cancelled.
See this thread in Bloggers & Personal.
Only a matter of time before it's gone... the ratings are abominable because it's an absolutely horrible show. Bad writing, bad characters, bad acting.
If there's one thing Hollywood loves more than liberalism, it's money. They're not going to let their politics trump bad ratings.