On the same day Geena Davis accepted an award for her portrayal of a female president, ABC shelved "Commander in Chief" for the crucial May ratings sweeps.
Prince George's County officials said Friday they were outraged by an episode of ABC's "Commander in Chief" that depicts a small town as a backward, crime ridden community.
"Commander in Chief" is going on a six-week hiatus, making way for a new comedy from "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels as part of ABC's midseason schedule makeover.
Every vote counts only if the state the voter is living in happens to be the same color as the voter's political party.
The generals acted independently, coming in their own ways to the agonizing decision to defy military tradition and publicly criticize the Bush administration over its conduct of the war in Iraq.
It's the opinion of Frank Rich. Bush now has us, Americans, answering to a military general despite the fact that he carries the title of "Commander-in-Chief".
For the first time in American history the House of Representatives has informed the military that it knows more than the Commander in Chief about conducting a war.
In a recent press conference on the issue of the supplemental defense spending bill, which includes a rider in which Congress has mandated the creation of a timeline for withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan; the assistant press secretary to the Bush Administration, expr …
While other House Democrats were pretending that their nonbinding resolution against the Iraq troop surge was of great import, antiwar champion Rep. John Murtha spoke the truth. It is not "the real vote," he said in a webcast for the left-wing MoveCongress.org.
we may be headed toward a constitutional clash, with the administration trying to read powers into the Constitution — as it has with its "enemy combatant" doctrine and presidential "signing statements" — that the Founders did not put there.
What 9/11 seems to have awoken in him was a desire not so much to be President as to be Commander-in-Chief (or maybe sheriff). It's an urge that anyone who grew up in the darkened movie theaters of the 1950s, watching American war films and Westerns, might understand.
Senator Edward Kennedy believes that Congress has at its disposal the means to limit the actions of the President with respect to the McCain/Bush Escalation Doctrine.
The White House has repeatedly argued that the only constraint on Presidential power during this apparently endless War on Terror ® is that placed on him by the Constitution. Neither Congressional laws nor treaties ratified by Congress can limit his authority under this view.
ABC TV has put an abrupt term limit on its freshman drama, "Commander in Chief."
President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.
Just like the real commander: There's more than one reason why an out-of-the-box hit like "Commander in Chief" eventually became a spectacular failure. Unfortunately, not all the lessons learned from that stunning reversal of fortune can be predicted.
ABC might soon stand for the Anytime Broadcast Company.
ABC female presidential drama "Commander in Chief" fell to a series low this week in key viewers, part of a season-long major decline in support since its debut last fall.