What can you tell us about ...
Question: What can you tell us about
Commander-In-Chief? Will there be similarities between it and
The West Wing? Or will it be more like the days of
ER and
Chicago Hope when we had two decidedly different shows set in Chicago hospitals?
Answer: More the latter. Wisely, ABC's
Commander-In-Chief is not attempting to be a clone of
West Wing in any way except, perhaps, setting. Whereas
West Wing is a romance about public service,
Commander is, at least at first, a darker melodrama with the focus more on character and family than on banter and process. (For those who haven't caught ABC's plentiful promos, it stars
Geena Davis as a political Independent who, as vice president to a popular Republican president who dies in office, assumes the top job despite massive opposition.) It's among the more recommended of this season's new dramas.