A clip of Geena on ABC’s The View Monday July 24th has just been uploaded; the link is posted on the Interviews page. Thank you, Ed at InterviewsRUs.com, for recording it!

On the show, they did “the usual” talk: how does she cope with three kids that small, why is she glad she waited so long to become a mother, why does she believe CinC was cancelled – and then they congratulated her on the Emmy nomination. A new aspect, at least from previous talkshows, was when they asked her whether CinC was in fact a promotional campaign for senator Hilary Rodham Clinton. Watch it to see what her reply was!

Original story by Rob Owens for Block News Alliance – from the TV Critic’s Association summer press tour

Though ABC canceled Commander in Chief in May, there’s been talk of a TV movie to wrap up the series, but so far it remains just talk.

“Rod [Lurie, series creator] is working with Touchstone [the sister studio that produced the series for ABC], and I think they’re going to pitch us thoughts on a film,” said ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson. “We’ll make a decision based on that.”

Should a film happen, McPherson said the ultimate hope is that it would be successful and lead to a renewal for the series, which starred Geena Davis as the President of the United States. If not, at least the movie might give fans closure.

“The way everybody is talking about serialized drama, we thought it would be a good way to bring a conclusion to that series if it happens,” McPherson said.

Original story from TV.com

ABC network president Stephen McPherson answered questions Tuesday at the TV Critic’s Association summer press tour, being held in Pasadena. When asked what he thought went wrong with Chief, McPherson said if he did it again, he would do it all differently.

“We would definitely do it over,” he said. “What we would do is bring it on later in the season and let [show creator] Rod [Lurie] prep for it longer than he had a chance to… He was the voice of that show. I think the week-to-week production of a series was a real education to him… if we had gotten out ahead of it, we would have been able to deliver a show week to week.”

Original story by Robert Miller, The Dallas Morning News, July 13 2006

Have you noticed how good-looking all our living ex-presidents are? Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Martin Sheen and Geena Davis, hands-down the best looking of them all.

And so what if we mix Mr. Sheen of The West Wing with the real thing? People mix fantasy and reality all the time.

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You can have a go at the Emmy voting too – visit the online poll site voote.com to give Geena your support! ;)

Today the nominations for the 2006 Emmys were announced – congratulations, Geena, for what is your first Emmy nomination! Geena is nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award, along with Frances Conroy (“Six Feet Under”; previously 4 nominations, 0 wins), Mariska Hargitay (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”; previously 3 nominations, 0 wins), Allison Janney (“The West Wing”; previously 6 nominations, 4 wins) and Kyra Sedgwick (“The Closer”; first time nominee like Geena).

Crossing our fingers now – the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony takes place August 27!

Original story from the Gulf Daily News, 5 July 2006

The Commander in Chief series has reached Bahrain and the rest of the Middle Eastern Gulf, leading to the following interview with Geena

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Original story by Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith

While awaiting word on when she’ll return to the Oval Office in the “Commander in Chief” telepic planned for fall production, Geena Davis plans to spend the summer “just taking it easy and hanging out with the kids.” The actress, who has a 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old fraternal twin sons with her husband, Dr. Reza Jarrahy, adds, “I’m always completely fine not working, unless something incredible comes along.”