ABC promotes Chertoff in: 'Homeland Security USA' in January

[Ichingcarpenter]

Series Premiere
Tuesday January 6th 8/7c

Every day the men and women of the Department of Homeland Security patrol more than 100,000 miles of America's borders. This territory includes airports, seaports, land borders, international mail centers, the open seas, mountains, deserts and even cyberspace. Now viewers will get an unprecedented look at the work of these men and women while they use the newest technology to safeguard our country and enforce our laws, in "Homeland Security USA," which debuts with the episode "This is Your Car on Drugs," TUESDAY, JANUARY 6 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on ABC.

Comprised of 13 hour-long episodes shot entirely on location throughout the United States, "Homeland Security USA" is based on a popular Australian series now in its fifth season. Produced by Oscar and Emmy-winner Arnold Shapiro ("Scared Straight," "Big Brother"), the series takes cameras into situations never before seen on television, with each episode covering eight or more locations on the "front lines" where the officers and agents work each day. They have a job that is dangerous, difficult and always unpredictable. These aren't heroes. They're average men and women working against an epic landscape. The Department's missions include everything from vetting adoption papers and checking visitors' passports to intercepting undocumented immigrants, drugs and other contraband, and stopping potential terrorists trying to cross our borders. What viewers will see is powerful, dramatic, unforgettable and emotional, with unexpected moments of humor.

"Homeland Security USA" has been given unprecedented access to the agencies of the Department of Homeland Security and has the full cooperation of CBP (Customs & Border Protection) including CBP's Border Patrol; ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement); TSA (Transportation Security Administration); USCG (United States Coast Guard) and USCIS (United States Citizenship & Immigration Services).

http://abc.go.com/primetime/homelandsecurity/index?pn=index





O Boy ...... the real Team America world police will be on!!!!

Edited title because I thought ABC did West Wing but they did Commander in Chief instead.

[eleny]

1. I predict it'll have lousy ratings

Americans want to move beyond this.

[amdezurik]

5. i don't watch much network TV

(Chuck and My Name Is Ed are about it, and those on Tivo :P )does ABC have any real ratings as it is?

[eleny]

12. I hardly ever watch netwrok tv

Maybe Letterman for a few minutes once in a while and some PBS. But I don't watch any of the prime time shows at all.

[xxqqqzme]

18. The only network I watch:

Numbers on Friday night & 30 Rock cuz a friend is one of the writers but that's about it. Food Network (Ace of Cakes & Good Eats); Comedy Central (Stewart & Colbert) and of course Countdown & Rachel Maddow

[JDPriestly]

13. The right-wingers will rally around it.

I wonder if they will show the reality that you see when you go to the airport. Frankly, it looks like a full employment program for right-wingers to me.

The homeland (whatever that is) is not that insecure, so what kinds of stories are they going to make up? Border crossings by Mexican illegals? Are they going to show the detention centers for illegals prior to deportation -- with the tiny little courts where moms say goodbye to their sons (forever in some cases) while standing in shabby halls?

[eleny]

16. I don't see how the program will have that much credibility

The welcome mat for fear mongering is worn out.

[NYCGirl]

2. "West Wing" was never on ABC. NT

[Ichingcarpenter]

17. Corrected it..... you can see how much I pay attention to Network shows

They all interfere with comedy central

[WI_DEM]

3. I think "West Wing" was an NBC show which finally was cancelled due to poor ratings

a couple of years ago.

[Winterblues]

15. The ratings were quite high until they changed their format to have

Republicans in Control. Then ratings dropped like a rock..I know that was when I stopped watching and it was my favorite program at the time..

[Ganja Ninja]

4. Please Mr President Elect change the name of this GOP creation

or even get rid of it altogether.

[Jackpine Radical]

9. I always think of it as

das Heimatssicherheitamt.

[Double T]

6. I want to try out for the part of an illegal alien working at chertoff's house.

[sharp_stick]

7. I predict 3 episodes

Damn but TV sucks now.

[WI_DEM]

8. reminds me of "The FBI" an ABC series from early 70's which glorified the FBI and J. Edgar.

nothing but propaganda, but then so was "Dragnet" regarding the LAPD.

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. Look at who's making it, the guy that did "Scared Straight" I predict

a lot of fear mongering in the show. I don't watch much of
network TV mostly cable sci-fi and comedy central plus TCM.

[sinkingfeeling]

11. I will never turn it on.

[jwirr]

14. Which I refuse to watch.