Commander in Chief
Commander in Chief title card
Genre	Drama
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Running time	Approx. 45 minutes
Creator(s)	Rod Lurie
Executive Producer(s)	{{{executive_producer}}}
Starring	Geena Davis Kyle Secor Donald Sutherland Harry J. Lennix
Narrated by	{{{narrated}}}
Country of origin	USA
Original network/channel	ABC
Original run	September 27, 2005 – present
No. of episodes	12, as of January 24, 2006
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TV.com summary

Commander in Chief is a television drama focusing on the presidential administration and family of Mackenzie Allen (portrayed by Geena Davis), the first female President of the United States(Higly unlikely), who ascends to the role after the previous chief executive, Teddy Bridges (played by Will Lyman), dies in office from a sudden ruptured cerebral aneurysm. The series began broadcasting on ABC on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. It garnered the highest ratings for a series debut on a Tuesday night. Image File history File links Commander_logo. ... There are many articles named Drama: Drama, the art form. ... Rod Lurie (born 1962) is an American director, screenwriter and former film critic. ... Geena Davis in Commander-in-Chief Virginia Elizabeth Geena Davis is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actress. ... Kyle Secor is an American television and movie actor, best known for his work on the show Homicide: Life on the Street. ... Donald McNicol Sutherland, OC (born July 17, 1935) is a prolific Canadian actor with a film career spanning over 40 years. ... Harry Joseph Lennix (born November 16, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois) is a American actor. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Geena Davis as President Mackenzie Allen Mackenzie Spencer Allen, the first female President of the United States, is a fictional character in the ABC political drama Commander in Chief played by Geena Davis. ... Geena Davis in Commander-in-Chief Virginia Elizabeth Geena Davis is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actress. ... The presidential seal was first used by president Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii The President of the United States of America (often abbreviated to POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ... Theodore Teddy Roosevelt Bridges, a President of the United States, was a fictional character in the ABC political drama Commander-in-Chief played by Will Lyman. ... A cerebral or brain aneurysm is a cerebrovascular disorder in which weakness in the wall of a cerebral artery or vein causes a localized dilation or ballooning of the blood vessel. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... EST is UTC-5 The North American Eastern Standard Time Zone (abbreviated EST) is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting five hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) resulting in UTC-5. ...

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The series was created by American director Rod Lurie, director of thrillers like The Contender and Deterrence, and may have been inspired by The West Wing, a popular political drama on rival NBC. Lurie directed the first three episodes of Commander in Chief. In October 2005, just days after the series debut, the network announced that Lurie was being replaced with Steven Bochco as show runner. However, Lurie remained a executive producer but is primarily focusing on creating new projects for Touchstone. [1] Rod Lurie (born 1962) is an American director, screenwriter and former film critic. ... The Contender can refer to several things: The Contender, a 2000 movie The Contender, a reality television show about boxing This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Deterrence ALOHA!! is a means of controlling a persons behavior through negative motivational influences, namely fear of punishment. ... The West Wing is a popular and widely acclaimed American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin and produced and co-written by John Wells. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Steven Ronald Bochco (born December 16, 1943) is an American television producer and writer. ... A show runner is a person who has had proven success in the television industry, and typically has close ties to executives at various major television networks. ... Executive producer is a role in the entertainment industry that is sometimes difficult to clearly define. ...

The series will go on a month hiatus starting in March for ABC to promote a new Arrested Development type show called Sons and Daughters.[2] Commander in Chief will return in April with either four or seven remaining new episodes (reflecting rumors that the number of episodes for this season has been cut by three). The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... Arrested Development is a character-driven comedy television series about a formerly wealthy, habitually dysfunctional family. ... Sons and Daughters was an Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation. ...

Primary characters

Geena Davis as President Mackenzie Allen

• President Mackenzie Allen (Geena Davis) – former member of Congress from Connecticut and chancellor of the University of Richmond, a political independent chosen by President Theodore Roosevelt "Teddy" Bridges as his running mate. The first female vice-president and, upon Bridges' death, the first female president.
• First Gentleman Rod Calloway (Kyle Secor) - Allen's husband; formerly her vice-presidential chief-of-staff.
• Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton (Donald Sutherland) – Republican Congressional leader from Florida; had been Bridges' choice to succeed him as president. Has significant resentment towards President Allen.
• White House Chief of Staff Jim Gardner (Harry Lennix) – formerly President Bridges' Chief of Staff, asked by President Allen to continue into her administration.
• Press Secretary Kelly Ludlow (Ever Carradine) – brought into Allen's administration from her vice-presidential staff; formerly her communications director.
• Horace Calloway (Matt Lanter), Rebecca Calloway (Caitlin Wachs) and Amy Calloway (Jasmine Anthony) – Allen and Calloway's three children; sixteen-year-old twins and a six-year-old child. Rebecca frowns upon her mother's choice to assume the presidency and holds more conservative political views than her mother.

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Character Positions

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Minor characters

• General Pollack (Al Brown)
• Ambassador Manute (Ato Essandoh)
• Former Attorney General Melanie Blackston (Leslie Hope)
• Former First Lady Grace Bridges (Mary Page Keller)
• The Late President Theodore Roosevelt "Teddy" Bridges (Will Lyman)
• Norah Woodruff (Kristen Shaw)
• Tommy Bridges (Hunter Allan)
• White House Correspondent Gilda Rockwell (Pamela Dunlap)
• Sara Templeton (Samantha Eggar)
• Florida Governor Maria Nuñez (Terry Hoyos)
• Jenny (Jenna Gavigan)
• Governor Tucker Baynes (Bruce Boxleitner)
• First Lady of Russia Patya Kharkova (Sandra Hess)
• Russian President Dmitri Kharkov (Ilia Volokh)
• Second Lady Abigail Keaton (Glenda Morgan Brown)
• Hunter Keaton - Grandson of the Vice President (Cole Petersen)
• Former Press Secretary Hale Richardson
• National Security Advisor Anthony Prado

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The Cabinet and Presidential Advisors

• President of the United States Mackenzie Spencer Allen (I-CT)
• Vice President of the United States Warren Fitzgerald Keaton (D- )
• Secretary Of State Martin Wye
• Secretary of Defense Francis
• CIA Director Margaret Shoop
• Chief of Staff Jim Gardner
• White House Press Secretary Kelly Ludlow
• Deputy Press Secretary Alex Williams
• National Security Advisor Anthony Prado
• Campaign Advisor Dickie McDonald
• Special Aide to the President Vince Taylor
• First Gentlemen Rod Calloway
• White House Social Director Norah Woodruff
• Ralph Dolan, D.E.A.
• Former National Security Advisor Roman Wolfe
• Former White House Press Secretary Hale Richardson
• Former Attorney General Melanie Blackston
• Senate Majority Leader Alison Remarque (D- )
• Senate Majority Whip Phelps (D- )
• Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton (R-FL)
• House Majority Whip Charlie Wilson (R- )
• Congressman Alberto Ferrier (R-TX)
• Congressman Willy Wilcox (R-MO)
• Governor Maria Nuñez (D-FL)
• Governor Luis Alfano (D-NM)
• Former Governor Tucker Baynes (R-OK)

The Commander in Chief universe

The universe of Commander in Chief shares a great deal of recent history with our own: in the first episode, Vice Presidents Al Gore and Dick Cheney are mentioned, suggesting that the show's universe diverges from our own at least sometime after 2001. As the first episode states that Teddy Bridges served four years as Vice President and the show begins two years into his first Presidential term, some viewers assume that, in the universe of the series, either President George W. Bush served only one term (2001-2005) or that Teddy Bridges was his Vice President for the second term (2005-2009). This would place Bridges' election to the presidency in 2008 and the show around the year 2011. It is also possible that the show takes place more than a decade from now. However, in the episode First Dance, Russia is described as having only been a democracy for only 15 years, placing the first season around 2006, assuming a parallel unfolding of history. The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who, in the words of Adlai Stevenson, is a heartbeat from the presidency, and in the calculation of Vice President John Nance Garner, not worth a bucket of warm piss. ... Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. ... Richard Bruce Dick Cheney (born January 30, 1941), is currently (since 2001) the 46th Vice President of the United States under President George W. Bush. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ... 2011 (MMXI) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The placement of the series within the federal election cycle is also in question. Although early episodes refer to Bridges' death occurring prior to the midterm elections, later episodes i.e. The Mom Who Came To Dinner refer to two years remaining in the presidential term. This is inconsistent with First Strike, which places Bridges' death months after midterm congressional elections. As the series' episodes have paralleled their actual air dates, including events such as the Atlantic hurricane season, Halloween, and Thanksgiving, it would make sense that Bridges' death occur during his third year in office which would mean a presidential election due shortly. It is possible that like The West Wing's timeline skew, the universe of Commander in Chief is also shifted by two years in comparison to the "real world". The West Wing is a popular and widely acclaimed American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin and produced and co-written by John Wells. ... The West Wing Title Screen In the American serial drama, The West Wing, the timeline of the show differs from that of the real world, leading to many timeline skew theories for The West Wing. ...

According to the rules of presidential succession, if Allen began serving out Bridges' term less than two full years after he was sworn in, she can only run as a candidate in one presidential election. However, if Bridges' time in office was more than two full years (even by a matter of a week or two) Allen would be allowed to run in two presidential elections, and thus could potentially be president for almost ten years (See Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution). Wikisource has original text related to this article: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution Amendment XXV (the Twenty-fifth Amendment) of the United States Constitution clarifies an ambiguous provision of the Constitution regarding succession to the Presidency, and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office...

As on the political drama The West Wing, the world of Commander in Chief includes both real countries (such as Nigeria, North Korea and Iraq), as well as fictitious ones (such as the South American country of San Pasquale). The West Wing is a popular and widely acclaimed American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin and produced and co-written by John Wells. ... San Pasquale is a fictional country in the TV Drama Commander in Chief which is possibly based on the republic of Bolivia. ...

Timeline

Though specific dates are not given, many events are assigned relative to the present (i.e. 10 years ago) with considerable detail due to the show's use of flashbacks. The following is a list of notable events and their relative time. Look up flashback in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

1965

Nathan Templeton is a Democratic candidate for office. It is unclear whether or not Templeton is publicly a segregationalist however he is taped privately during this time making very extreme segregationist statements.

Approximately 22 years before the first season

Teddy Bridges is elected governor of his home state, he is re-elected at every election until his election to the vice presidency 16 years later.

10 years before "First... Do No Harm"

Mackenzie Allen, a Republican, is approached by a group of moderate Republicans in her district to run as an independent for Congress as a far right Republican is expected to easily win the primary.

8 years before "First Disaster"

First-term Congresswoman Mackenzie Allen defies the will of Speaker Nathan Templeton when she is left with the deciding vote for a piece of legislation. Templeton reminds her of her Republican heritage and the wide Republican support for the bill, however she refuses to support it as she views it as spending far too much money.

Approximately 6 years before the first season

Teddy Bridges is elected Vice President of the United States on a Republican ticket.

2 and a half years before "Pilot"

Vice President Teddy Bridges approaches Mackenzie Allen, a former two-term Independent Congresswoman, to be his running mate.

8 months before "First Strike"

While campaigning for the midterm elections, President Teddy Bridges asks Nathan Templeton to agree to become his Vice President, Bridges suggested he could create a vacancy in the office by appointing Vice President Mackenzie Allen to the Supreme Court of the United States. Templeton declines saying the vice presidency would be demotion from his current office as Speaker.

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Controversy

The Traditional Values Coalition, FrontPage Magazine and right-wing commentators have gone on record complaining that the show is really a thinly-veiled attempt to lay groundwork for a possible 2008 Presidential run by prominent Democrat Hillary Clinton. This charge has been flatly denied by Lurie, Davis, and ABC. General criticisms are that the series is so centered on Allen's gender, that it becomes the focus of the show instead of the character's capability. However, the series is trying to depict realisticly what the general public's reaction to the first female president would be, and such an occurrence would probably also focus public scrutiny on a female president's gender rather than her policies. However in interviews on the shows website the cast have said that as time goes on there will be less focus on her gender and more focus on the fact that she is an Independent, especially when she runs for election. Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947), was First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, as the wife of President Bill Clinton. ...

Episodes

Main article: List of Commander in Chief episodes

President Allen at a press conference.

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Trivia

• The characters of the President and Vice President were named after the two actors who played those roles in Rod Lurie's previous political thriller, The Contender. Teddy Bridges, named for Jeff Bridges who played President Jackson Evans, and Mackenzie Allen, named for Joan Allen who played Laine Hanson, his vice presidential nominee.
• This is Donald Sutherland's first regular role on a television series.
• Donald Sutherland's co-star Leslie Hope played the wife of Sutherland's son, Kiefer, during the first season of 24.
• The first six episode titles from the first season after the pilot all begin with the word "first" (e.g. First Choice, First Disaster).
• Starting with the episode Rubie Dubidoux and the Brown Bound Express, Steven Bochco replaces Rod Lurie as head executive producer and showrunner. Bochco's changes include a staff of new writers and a new title design similar to the style of NBC's The West Wing.
• Part of the Greater Richmond Children's Choir (GRCC) of Richmond, Virginia was the French Choir in the pilot episode.

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Awards & Nominations

Awards Won

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• Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Drama Series- Geena Davis (2006)

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Awards Nominated

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• Best TV Series-Drama
• Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Television Drama Series- Donald Sutherland (2006)

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• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Geena Davis (2006)

Satellite Awards: Geena Davis in Commander-in-Chief Virginia Elizabeth Geena Davis is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actress. ...

• Outstanding Actress in a Series, Drama Geena Davis (2006)

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External links

• Commander in Chief at The Internet Movie Database
• ABC's Commander in Chief website
• Washington Post article on "change of command" for series
• CIC:NGOA Fan Site
• German Fan Page with Community
• TV.com download page (iTunes)