CRIT-O-MATIC TV REVIEWS.Byline: David Kronke ``Commander in Chief'' (ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Channel 7; 9 tonight) Logline: The Leader of the Free World The "Leader of the Free World" is a title used sometimes to describe the President of the United States, though the title is debated by those who consider themselves to be part of the "Free World", but not under the leadership of the United States. dies, leaving America in the hands of Geena Davis. No, it's not a horror film: She stars as Mackenzie Allen, an independent who was recruited for the vice presidential slot on the Republican ticket. When the president dies unexpectedly, Allen is pressed to resign (something with which even her teen daughter agrees), yet proves her political moxie (language, music) Moxie - A language for real-time computer music synthesis, written in XPL. ["Moxie: A Language for Computer Music Performance", D. Collinge, Proc Intl Computer Music Conf, Computer Music Assoc 1984, pp.217-220]. , to the dismay of party loyalists but to the ostensible delight of populists everywhere. Pros: The actress best-known for playing ditzes (in, besides her own ABC sitcom, the films ``The Accidental Tourist,'' ``Thelma & Louise'' and ``Stuart Little'' - in which she starred with ``House's'' Hugh Laurie, against whom she'll compete in this time slot) brings unexpected if gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. gravitas grav·i·tas n. 1. Substance; weightiness: a frivolous biography that lacks the gravitas of its subject. 2. to the role. Donald Sutherland chews scenery exquisitely as Allen's Machiavellian foil, Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton. Cons: Creator Rod Lurie has said he'd like to take credit if this show helps Hillary Rodham Rodham is an English surname which may refer to a number of persons or places. People Family of Hillary Rodham Clinton
In a nutshell: As soaringly idealistic as ``The West Wing'' was when it first aired. But subsequent post-9/11-and-Katrina concerns and/or cynicism might affect this show in the same manner in which real-world situations diminished ``The West Wing.'' Our rating: Two and one half stars ``Sex, Love & Secrets'' (UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation Channel 13; 9 tonight) Logline: Opening narration cribbed directly from ``Desperate Housewives'' (down to the same archly droll female voice) announces: ``Since the dawn of time, humans have lived in groups, like the rest of the animal kingdom. Yet, unlike other animals, the forming of human groups spawns unique behavior, curious manifestations of human interactions. One such behavior is the keeping of secrets.'' What that has to do with the sundry complicated romantic couplings among a bunch of Silver Lake 20-somethings may be revealed over the course of the series. Or not. Denise Richards, Eric Balfour, Lucas Bryant, Lauren German, Omar Benson Miller, James Stevenson and Tamara Taylor hop in and out of one another's beds. Pros: Neighborhood club Spaceland will make some money as a central location, but now that Silver Lake has officially if artificially been tapped by a TV show as ``hip,'' it'll go on the downswing down·swing n. 1. A swing downward, as of a golf club. 2. A decline, as of a business. Noun 1. downswing - a swing downward of a golf club and maybe rental prices will go down. Richards, an actress who, due to recent personal travails, has needed a barracuda barracuda, slender, elongated fish of tropical seas. Barracudas have long snouts and projecting lower jaws armed with large, sharp-edged teeth. They are ferocious, striking at anything that gleams, and are considered excellent game fishes. of a publicist, plays one here, providing a meta-media-commentary black hole through which, if we're lucky, many ``Entertainment Tonight'' and ``Extra'' correspondents may disappear. Cons: UPN offered up two episodes of this crassness to sit through, but only one of ``Everybody Hates Chris Everybody Hates Chris is an African-American sitcom, on The CW Television Network. It is inspired by the teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock (who narrates the show), while growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. .'' In a nutshell: There's cool, and there's phony, and there's phony cool, and there's so-phony-it's-cool. And then, there's this - so phony-cool that half the target audience will watch for derisive laughter and half will want to slit their wrists. You'd swear no one associated with this show ever lived in Silver Lake - or through their 20s. Our rating: One star CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Greena Davis (2) Denise Richards |
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