Anyone catch "Political Animals" with Sigourney Weaver on USA tonight?

[Flaxbee]

I just found out about it yesterday; it's worth catching the repeat if you can:

http://www.usanetwork.com/series/politicalanimals/?__source=ggl|political+animals+usa|Brand|G_PoliticalAnimals1.0&sky=ggl|political+animals+usa|Brand|G_PoliticalAnimals1.0

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Yup. Sigourney Weaver kicks ass...

on the small screen, too.

Drooling aliens or Russian ass-grabbers, DC hangers-on, ex-husbands and reporters... Which are worse, really?

[Flaxbee]

3. It was fun. Looking forward to the rest of it

[elleng]

2. 'I luv you, sugah'

ain't no West Wing!

[Flaxbee]

4. thank goodness. I loved "The West Wing" but

Aaron Sorkin's excessively talky dialogue irritates me after a while - just like The Newsroom. While I agree with everything that's said, and enjoy the shows - the speechifying - I just want it to stop, sometimes.

And Ciaran Hinds manages his American accent quite well, I think.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Now that you mention it, it's not political at all, just...

a personal story in a political setting-- hardcore political chickflick or even a soap? Whatever you call it, it works.

Terse dialogue is an art-- remember those marvelous comedies from the 40's with the snappy dialogue? I don't mean just the Stooges and Marx brothers, but think Cary Grant and Rosalind Russel, or The Thin Man.

"Bunheads" is another one I found accidentally that has great dialogue. I'm not that much interested in the storylines, but I love to hear them talk their way through it.

(Although, when she spent just a little too much time ripping Carla Gugino a new one, that's the kind of scene that gets you Emmy nominations.)

[davidpdx]

6. I'm glad you mentioned that

I had it on my list of new shows to try and I think I'll pass. A few months ago Yahoo had a list of all the new shows coming out this summer and I wrote down 4 that looked decent and that was one of them.

[gvstn]

8. I', going to give Copper a try

Looks like it could be good or bad (won't know for a couple episodes):

&feature=relmfu

[Flaxbee]

10. Absolutely, re dialogue. Cary Grant was terrific at it.

Could be a political chickflick. LOVE Ellen Burstyn. Love her.

[HopeHoops]

7. No, but the short photo caption in our paper implied she was playing Hillary Clinton. True?

[Flaxbee]

11. A Hillary-esque person.

Female political candidate (married to two-time popular Democratic president, who also happens to be a prolific two-timer), loses primary race to "Garcetti", divorces husband, becomes Secretary of State. Decides to run for president again.

[Dalai_1]

9. I recorded it

glad to see these reviews.I look forward to watching it!

[Flaxbee]

12. It isn't a barn-burner the way The West Wing or The Newsroom was/is, but

enjoyable in an entirely different way. Sigourney is always fun to watch, Carla Gugino is good, Ciaran Hinds is good, too.