Fictional presidents have a rough year
Fictional presidents have a rough year
HOLLYWOOD (May 17, 2006)
This has not been a good year for the president of the United States. As portrayed on television anyway.
Take President David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert) on Fox's 24. He was shot dead by an assassin in the first episode of the season.
We don't know how things will turn out exactly for his successor, President Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin), but last we saw of him in the season finale previews he was staring down the barrel of a gun held by a yelling Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). Jack was very, very angry, and we all know what happens when Jack is ticked off.
On Sunday, the nation said goodbye to one of its most beloved television leaders, President Josiah "Jed'' Bartlet (Martin Sheen), as his second term came to a close and The West Wing came to an end.
Then on the season finale of Prison Break on Monday, in a Machiavellian bid for career enhancement, the vice- president of the United States (Patricia Wettig) poisoned the president. Even sadder is that we never even knew his name.
That's not all. Yesterday, ABC announced that Commander in Chief has been cancelled. The show that seemed like it was going to be the season's biggest drama when it premiered is ending unceremoniously.
HOLLYWOOD (May 17, 2006)
This has not been a good year for the president of the United States. As portrayed on television anyway.
Take President David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert) on Fox's 24. He was shot dead by an assassin in the first episode of the season.
We don't know how things will turn out exactly for his successor, President Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin), but last we saw of him in the season finale previews he was staring down the barrel of a gun held by a yelling Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). Jack was very, very angry, and we all know what happens when Jack is ticked off.
On Sunday, the nation said goodbye to one of its most beloved television leaders, President Josiah "Jed'' Bartlet (Martin Sheen), as his second term came to a close and The West Wing came to an end.
Then on the season finale of Prison Break on Monday, in a Machiavellian bid for career enhancement, the vice- president of the United States (Patricia Wettig) poisoned the president. Even sadder is that we never even knew his name.
That's not all. Yesterday, ABC announced that Commander in Chief has been cancelled. The show that seemed like it was going to be the season's biggest drama when it premiered is ending unceremoniously.