Originally Posted by LostFool:
“Really looking forward to this as seems like the new show with the most potential. However, as we have seen in recent years it takes a lot more than a great idea, good cast and spectacular pilot to produce a series with enough legs to last a few seasons. Last year Quantico started with a cracking pilot but soon got bogged down in its conspiracy that most people lost interest in who did it and why.”
Too true.
I shall have a pip of this but w/o having much expectation that it will offer anything new. I suspect there will be lots of darstardly Muslim Arabs, lone wolves and rogue states; US military badass and kickass might (w the odd killing of innocent poor civilians in some backwater village aka poor ME/African countries); lots of scenes in the White House Situation Room where the president, staring a large 100 inch screen with the map of whatever made up country on it, has zero seconds to abort a nuclear fallout; lots of political shannigans over who rightfully should be POTUS (Sutherland's authority will be sorely tested and people will begin to question his abilities, especially a few members of Congress who will josling for power themselves. But have no fear this is after all a kind of Jack Bauer-cum-Josiah Barlett character of noble politics and personality, who will no doubt have his moments of uncertainity and doubt but will have his "strong independent" wife with her own "strong independent" career to steady him and give him wise counsel); lots of talk about black ops and classified information; blacksite operatives the POTUS does not know about but will be furious when he does; NSA covert illegal-ish spying etc, etc.
ETA: I forgot to add: the additional need for mystery and suspense - i.e. to find out who killed the real POTUS and cabinet members.
Or I could be completely and utterly wrong in all of this.

The only thing I can't guess is which political party Sutherland's character will represent. My guess.... he's a Republican who really acts as a Democrat.
Originally Posted by little-monster:
“ABC are clearly wanting this to succeed as they advertised it about 10 times during the emmys.”
Oh dear, *signs*, it's an ABC creation. Advertising the show that much has a desparate sniff of the need to make this a hit about it.