Impeachment inevitable? (Wizbang Pop!)

ABC is preparing to dismiss the first female president of The United States -- after less than a year on the job!

While it is not clear if the country is ready for a woman to take the title of COMMANDER IN CHIEF, TV executives at ABC have all but decided to pull the plug on the breakthrough drama, top sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

"No one here will say publicly that it's over [for the show]," a well-placed insider said this week from Los Angeles. 'But it is over."

The program returns this evening after a long recess -- with the president's husband groping an intern!

THE IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE: LOW VIEWERSHIP

ABC suits will not renew COMMANDER unless audience levels can hold a 15 share, a source claims. The show crashed from a high of nearly 17 million viewers for its second episode to 10.4 million for its last, Jan. 24.

Geena Davis as President Mackenzie was launched with much fanfare and topical news crossover:

A search of the NEXIS database shows 918 press stories containing the terms "Geena Davis" and "Hillary Clinton."

"On 'COMMANDER IN CHIEF,' art can now imitate life," cheered the SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS.

But at season's end, the New York senator's handlers are surely hoping that real life does not imitate the art.

Soucre

Comments (2)

CiC suffered from one simpl... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Nemo | April 14, 2006 3:32 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Nemo:

CiC suffered from one simple problem: it was badly written and dull. It can't help but be compared to "West Wing", which was much better done. As an example, you need only look at the pilots of both shows. The antagonists on the "West Wing" pilot were Religious Right members who favored curtailing all abortion and wanted Josh's head on a platter for insulting them on national TV. In other words is was pretty heavy right out of the gate. The best CiC could manage was a House Speaker who pulled the plug on the new President's teleprompter - forcing her to deliver her address from memory. Not exactly hefty political drama by comparison. I quit watching after one show.