From The West Wing to Battlestar Galactica, television has been filled with memorable Presidents.
Which of these choices would earn your vote?
1. Jed Bartlet Jed Bartlet ruled over the West Wing and set the bar quite high for all fictional Presidents. Let Bartlet be Bartlet, people! 2. Henry Hayes Henry Hayes sat in the Oval Office on Sg-1. His portrayer, William Devane, will Also play the President on 24: Live Another Day. 3. Caroline Reynolds Prison Break wasn't Just about Wentworth Miller walking around shirtless. President Caroline Reynolds played a key role as well. 4. Fitzgerald Grant He's certainly the sexiest President on TV, wouldn't you say? Fitzgerald Grant just can't stay away from Olivia Pope. 5. Elias Martinez The Event fell apart pretty quickly. But Blair Underwood, as President Elias Martinez, did all he could to keep it afloat. 6. MacKenzie Allen Her rule was not very long, as Commander in Chief didn't even...
Which of these choices would earn your vote?
1. Jed Bartlet Jed Bartlet ruled over the West Wing and set the bar quite high for all fictional Presidents. Let Bartlet be Bartlet, people! 2. Henry Hayes Henry Hayes sat in the Oval Office on Sg-1. His portrayer, William Devane, will Also play the President on 24: Live Another Day. 3. Caroline Reynolds Prison Break wasn't Just about Wentworth Miller walking around shirtless. President Caroline Reynolds played a key role as well. 4. Fitzgerald Grant He's certainly the sexiest President on TV, wouldn't you say? Fitzgerald Grant just can't stay away from Olivia Pope. 5. Elias Martinez The Event fell apart pretty quickly. But Blair Underwood, as President Elias Martinez, did all he could to keep it afloat. 6. MacKenzie Allen Her rule was not very long, as Commander in Chief didn't even...
- 11/8/2016
- by Matt Richenthal
- TVfanatic
You don’t have to riot, “Prison Break” fans: Paul Adelstein is officially coming back for Fox’s upcoming event series. He’ll join fellow returning cast members Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Sarah Wayne Callies, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper and Rockmond Dunbar on the reunion. Paul Kellerman (Adelstein) is described as a ruthless Secret Service agent who played a key role in Lincoln Burrows’ (Purcell) incarceration for the murder of Vice President Caroline Reynolds’ brother. His partner is Agent Daniel Hale, who he has known since they served in the Army together. Also Read: New '24' Won't Star Kiefer Sutherland...
- 3/22/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Commander in Chief
Showcase Inventory
Created by Rod Lurie
Produced by Battleplan Productions, Stephen Bochco Productions, Touchstone Television
Aired on ABC for 1 season (18 episodes) from September 27, 2005 – June 14, 2006
Cast
Geena Davis as Mackenzie ‘Mac’ Allen
Kyle Secor as Rod Calloway
Donald Sutherland as Nathan Templeton
Harry J. Lennix as Jim Gardner
Show Premise
After beloved President Teddy Bridges falls fatally ill from a cerebral aneurysm, the protocol of replacing him brings forth Vice President Mackenzie Allen to take over his presidency, marking a landmark moment in history, as the United States pronounces their first female Potus to preside over the White House. Manning the helm of Commander in Chief is never an easy task for anyone coming in unplanned, but much less so when stepping into the oval office as a woman; getting doubly criticized, undermined, and penalized by a governmental system that had been primarily patriarchal. Controversy stirs from the day she takes the oath,...
Showcase Inventory
Created by Rod Lurie
Produced by Battleplan Productions, Stephen Bochco Productions, Touchstone Television
Aired on ABC for 1 season (18 episodes) from September 27, 2005 – June 14, 2006
Cast
Geena Davis as Mackenzie ‘Mac’ Allen
Kyle Secor as Rod Calloway
Donald Sutherland as Nathan Templeton
Harry J. Lennix as Jim Gardner
Show Premise
After beloved President Teddy Bridges falls fatally ill from a cerebral aneurysm, the protocol of replacing him brings forth Vice President Mackenzie Allen to take over his presidency, marking a landmark moment in history, as the United States pronounces their first female Potus to preside over the White House. Manning the helm of Commander in Chief is never an easy task for anyone coming in unplanned, but much less so when stepping into the oval office as a woman; getting doubly criticized, undermined, and penalized by a governmental system that had been primarily patriarchal. Controversy stirs from the day she takes the oath,...
- 11/15/2015
- by Jean Pierre Diez
- SoundOnSight
Last week, CBS premiered the new political drama Madam Secretary, which stars Téa Leoni as Elizabeth Faulkner McCord, the U.S. Secretary of State. It's hardly a far-fetched concept, as we've seen three female secretaries of state since 1997: Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. But it's nonetheless rare to see a fictional universe with a woman in one of the nation's top three positions of political power. (Yep, even in fake realities, politics is a man's game.) And historically speaking, Hollywood has played it as a joke more often than not. So which fictional female presidents, vice presidents...
- 10/12/2014
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
It's President's Day! Time to honor the head office by taking a look back at some of the best fictional presidents in television history, including Blair Underwood's President Elias Martinez in "The Event," which returns to NBC March 7.
Fictional TV PresidentsPresident Elias Martinez
Show: "The Event" Who: Blair Underwood Best Quote:President Elias Martinez: "Why are we holding them? Have they committed any acts of aggression?" Blake Sterling (Zeljko Ivanek): "We're holding them...
Fictional TV PresidentsPresident Elias Martinez
Show: "The Event" Who: Blair Underwood Best Quote:President Elias Martinez: "Why are we holding them? Have they committed any acts of aggression?" Blake Sterling (Zeljko Ivanek): "We're holding them...
- 2/20/2011
- Extra
NBC's new series "The Event," starring Blair Underwood as fictional United States President Elias Martinez, is already creating a ton of buzz.
Many successful shows have centered around the Us president, including "The West Wing." Take a look back at some of the best fictional presidents in television history.
Fictional TV PresidentsPresident Jed Bartlet
Show: "The West Wing" Who: Martin Sheen Best Quote: "They're saying I'm rewriting the Constitution on the back of a napkin.
Many successful shows have centered around the Us president, including "The West Wing." Take a look back at some of the best fictional presidents in television history.
Fictional TV PresidentsPresident Jed Bartlet
Show: "The West Wing" Who: Martin Sheen Best Quote: "They're saying I'm rewriting the Constitution on the back of a napkin.
- 10/3/2010
- Extra
Monday is Presidents Day, so while you're taking the day off -- or at least not taking time to read the mail you won't get -- we hope you'll cast a vote in our straw poll. The question is simple: Who's your favorite fictional TV president?
The past 10 years has been something of a golden age for presidents-as-characters on TV. "The West Wing," obviously, was set in the White House, but "24" has given us several memorable POTUSes, and there have been several others too. TV presidents are also a more diverse lot than their real-life counterparts: The list below includes two African-American men and four women in addition to a few white guys.
(We opted not to include "The West Wing's" Matt Santos and "24's" John Keeler and Noah Daniels as their respective shows didn't spend much time on them once they took office.)
Here are the contenders, in alphabetical order:
MacKenzie Allen,...
The past 10 years has been something of a golden age for presidents-as-characters on TV. "The West Wing," obviously, was set in the White House, but "24" has given us several memorable POTUSes, and there have been several others too. TV presidents are also a more diverse lot than their real-life counterparts: The list below includes two African-American men and four women in addition to a few white guys.
(We opted not to include "The West Wing's" Matt Santos and "24's" John Keeler and Noah Daniels as their respective shows didn't spend much time on them once they took office.)
Here are the contenders, in alphabetical order:
MacKenzie Allen,...
- 2/15/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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