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Geena's White House Under Siege
On the upside, President Mackenzie Allen's never accidentally wounded anyone. On the downside, her ratings are shot.
The first-season executive and her Commander in Chief coworkers have been whisked from office for the rest of February sweeps. ABC previously announced the White House drama about the first woman President would be exiled from the schedule in March.
The series, which won star Geena Davis a Golden Globe last month, is scheduled to return for a seven-week run beginning Apr. 18, by which time it'll have gone nearly three months between episodes. It last aired Jan. 24.
So as to not make the lengthy hiatus seem as if ABC doesn't believe in Commander in Chief, ABC Entertainment executive Jeff Bader released a statement Friday saying, "We believe in Commander in Chief.
Per Bader, the network is doing "what we think is best for [the series'] long term prospects."
In the meantime, Commander's 9-10 p.m. Tuesday slot will be filled with reruns of According to Jim and George Lopez. It is a move, Bader said, that "will expose our comedies to a new audience and benefit both shows in their regular time periods."
ABC needed a lot less spin in September and October, when Commander in Chief was a Top 10 show, averaging more than 16 million viewers. But when the opposition party got tough--when Fox reopened House in November, when it raised American Idol in January--President Allen looked vulnerable. Even the addition of an in-house spin doctor, played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar, didn't help. In January, the show was down to about 10 million viewers.
Among freshman drama series, Commander in Chief still holds the title as the most-watched, although its lead over CBS' Criminal Minds has virtually disappeared.
Barring another unforeseen vacation, Commander in Chief will be on the air in May when ABC announces which shows will be back for the 2006-07 season--and which shows won't be. Last month, ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson said he was "hopeful," but "realistic" about the prospects of both Commander and Invasion, another struggling first-year show.
Commander in Chief's woes come in a woeful year for TV presidential administrations. Over on NBC's The West Wing, President Barlet is due to leave office, a move necessitated by Constitutional term limits, former chief of staff Leo McGarry is due to be killed off, a move necessitated by actor John Spencer's death last December, and everybody is due to be looking for a new job, a move necessitated by their show's previously announced cancellation.
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