TV review: Commander in Chief
Political junkies will probably prefer watching the seasoned operatives of West Wing, but ordinary viewers will be able to identify with the likeable woman who has greatness thrust upon her
by The Editors

The biggest hit of the new TV season looks to be Commander in Chief (Tuesdays, 9:00-10:00 ET, ABC), a drama about a woman who becomes president of the United States.

Mackenzie Allen (Geena Davis) was already the first female vice president, an independent chosen to help a Republican presidential candidate's poll numbers with women. The president has a stroke and dies, but not before he begs her to resign so that the conservative speaker of the House (Donald Sutherland) can take command. The arguments about the Oval Office being no place for a woman, of course, make her take the oath of office. The rest