Citizen Baines

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Citizen Baines
Genre Drama
Created by Lydia Woodward
Written by
Directed by
Starring
ComposerMarty Davich
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9 (3 unaired)
Production
Executive producers
  • Christopher Chulack
  • John Wells
  • Lydia Woodward
Producers
  • Lesli Linka Glatter
  • David J. Latt
  • James Cromwell
CinematographyErnest Holzman
Editors
  • Kevin Casey
  • Susanne Stinson Malles
  • Suzanne Michaels
  • Frederick Peterson
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseSeptember 29 (2001-09-29) 
November 3, 2001 (2001-11-03)

Citizen Baines is an American drama television series created by Emmy Award-winning producer Lydia Woodward, that stars James Cromwell. The series premiered on CBS September 29, 2001 and ended on November 3, 2001.

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Synopsis

Cromwell starred as Elliot Baines, a former three-term U.S. Senator who loses a re-election for the Senate and goes back home to Seattle to re-establish his relationships with his three grown daughters Ellen (Embeth Davidtz), Reeva (Jane Adams), and Dori (Jacinda Barrett).

Cast

Main

Recurring

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"A Day Like No Other" Christopher Chulack Lydia Woodward September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)
2"The Whole Thump-Thump-Thump"UnknownUnknownOctober 6, 2001 (2001-10-06)
3"Days of Confusion"UnknownUnknownOctober 13, 2001 (2001-10-13)
4"Three Days In November"UnknownUnknownOctober 20, 2001 (2001-10-20)
5"The Appraisal" Lesli Linka Glatter Patty Lin October 27, 2001 (2001-10-27)
6"Lost and Found" Dwight Little Will Scheffer November 3, 2001 (2001-11-03)
7"Out in the Rain"TBDTBDUnaired
8"A Song That Never Ends"TBDTBDUnaired
9"Safe at Home"TBDTBDUnaired

Reception

Critical

PopMatters wrote that, "Citizen Baines showed genuine signs of bucking the CBS feel-good Saturday night orthodoxy, by assuming the complex task of creating family-friendly entertainment without soaking in sentiment the raw textures of domestic life... But Citizen Baines symbolizes the lack of imagination driving so much of prime-time, whether drama or sitcom, cable or network..."[ citation needed ]USA Today's Robert Bianco gave the series a negative, one-and-a-half star review, and stated, "After all, the only interesting thing about Elliott Baines is his job as a U.S. senator — and he loses that at the end of Saturday's premiere. Don't worry: I'm not revealing anything that the "citizen" in the title didn't already tell you." [1]

Ratings

Scheduled on Saturdays following Touched by an Angel , [2] the series ranked #90 (the lowest rank for a regularly scheduled series on one of the Big Four networks), and averaged 8.2 million viewers. [3] [4] Due to the low ratings, CBS canceled the series in October 2001 after six of the nine episodes produced were aired. [5]

Award nomination

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef
2002 American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Miniseries/Pilot for Network or Basic Broadcast TVErnest Holzman
(for pilot episode)
Nominated[ citation needed ]

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