Commander in Chief

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 27, 2005
Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 26
  3. Negative: 5 out of 26
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Critic Reviews

  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    38
    A script so unimaginative, and characters so flat and forced, that it begs for a recall vote.
  2. Cleveland Plain Dealer
    Reviewed by: Mark Dawidziak
    20
    The writing on "Commander in Chief" often is so distressingly thin and pale, this West Wing drama will suffer in comparison to the robust early years of, well, NBC's "The West Wing."
  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    20
    An absurd fairy tale.
  5. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    20
    Simplistic and shamelessly manipulative.
  6. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    0
    Finally, the best new comedy of the 2005-06 TV season is here... What's that, you say? This is a drama and not a comedy? Oh, dear.

Awards & Rankings

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#37 Best TV Season of 2005
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#6 Most Discussed TV Season of 2005
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#45 Most Shared TV Season of 2005

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User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 217 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 183 out of 217
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 217
  3. Negative: 28 out of 217
  1. IanB
    May 7, 2007
    1
    Plays more like a daytime soap than a serious drama. In-fighting, backstabbing, internal political-games, all we're missing now is the Plays more like a daytime soap than a serious drama. In-fighting, backstabbing, internal political-games, all we're missing now is the invasion of France and we've got Caesar… Full Review »
  2. NancyS
    Apr 24, 2007
    10
    Best best show that i have never seen, even better than prison break. hope we could see more and more seasons.
  3. JohnC
    Mar 15, 2007
    10
    As a writer I say that this is the best on TV because everything thing else was slow. I also would like to say that if I had wrote this it As a writer I say that this is the best on TV because everything thing else was slow. I also would like to say that if I had wrote this it would be the same as you guys have writen it. Thanks for putting ideas into peoples head because now we see the President in a whole new way Thanks. PS put it back on please because many of us that do like it need something to watch besides LOST and if you guys need help writing I'm willing.… Full Review »
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