Citizen Baines is an American drama series 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.
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).
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]
citizen, baines, american, drama, series, television, series, created, emmy, award, winning, producer, lydia, woodward, that, stars, james, cromwell, series, premiered, september, 2001, ended, november, 2001, genredramacreated, bylydia, woodwardwritten, bypatt. Citizen Baines is an American drama series 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 Citizen BainesGenreDramaCreated byLydia WoodwardWritten byPatty Lin Will Scheffer P K Simonds Karyn Usher John Wells Lydia WoodwardDirected byChristopher Chulack Lesli Linka Glatter Charles Haid Dwight LittleStarringJames Cromwell Embeth Davidtz Jane Adams Jacinda Barrett Arye Gross Scotty Leavenworth Matt McCoyComposerMarty DavichCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons1No of episodes9 3 unaired ProductionExecutive producersChristopher Chulack John Wells Lydia WoodwardProducersLesli Linka Glatter David J LattCinematographyErnest HolzmanEditorsKevin Casey Susanne Stinson Malles Suzanne Michaels Frederick PetersonRunning time60 minutesProduction companiesJohn Wells Productions Lydia Woodward Productions ThinkFilm Warner Bros TelevisionReleaseOriginal networkCBSOriginal releaseSeptember 29 2001 09 29 November 3 2001 2001 11 03 Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 2 1 Main 2 2 Recurring 3 Episodes 4 Reception 4 1 Critical 4 2 Ratings 4 3 Award nomination 5 References 6 External linksSynopsis EditCromwell 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 EditMain Edit James Cromwell as Elliot Baines Embeth Davidtz as Ellen Baines Croland Jane Adams as Reeva Baines Eidenberg Jacinda Barrett as Dori Baines Arye Gross as Shel Eidenberg Scotty Leavenworth as Otis Croland Matt McCoy as Arthur CrolandRecurring Edit Tom Verica as Andy Carlson McCaleb Burnett as Claude Waverley Easton Gage as Sam Eidenberg David Kriegel as David Goldman Bryn Lauren Lemon as Ruthie Eidenberg Emmett Shoemaker as Otis Croland Paul McCrane as Sherman BloomEpisodes EditNo TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date1 A Day Like No Other Christopher ChulackLydia WoodwardSeptember 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 GlatterPatty LinOctober 27 2001 2001 10 27 6 Lost and Found Dwight LittleWill SchefferNovember 3 2001 2001 11 03 7 Out in the Rain TBDTBDUnaired8 A Song That Never Ends TBDTBDUnaired9 Safe at Home TBDTBDUnairedReception EditCritical Edit 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 Edit 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 Edit Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref2002 American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week Miniseries Pilot for Network or Basic Broadcast TV Ernest Holzman for pilot episode Nominated citation needed References Edit Baines doesn t get my vote usatoday30 usatoday com Retrieved 2019 02 14 Garron Barry 2001 09 28 Citizen Baines The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved 2009 03 22 The Week That Was Broadcasting amp Cable 2001 11 04 Retrieved 2009 03 22 Kevin Downey 2001 10 17 Friends shows Survivor its stuff Media Life Magazine Archived from the original on 2012 03 08 Retrieved 2009 03 22 Littleton Cynthia Andreeva Nellie 2001 12 07 Wells Wbtv On Call At Cbs The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved 2009 03 22 External links EditCitizen Baines at IMDb Citizen Baines at epguides com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Citizen Baines amp oldid 1107833646, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
