BREAKING NEWS: Bill Clinton Likes '24' and 'Grey's Anatomy'

[PresidentObama]

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - President Clinton is a big fan of "24" even though "an uber right-wing guy" produces the Emmy-winning political thriller.

Clinton told TV advertisers Friday that his favorite show is the medical drama "Grey's Anatomy," and he appreciates "Boston Legal" for the dynamic between William Shatner and James Spader. "It's something to behold," he said.

As for "24," which was co-created by noted Republican Joel Surnow, Clinton said he enjoys the fact that conservatives and liberals alike can be the bad guys in the show.

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"As you know, my wife is away, so I'm home alone a lot," Clinton said of Sen. Hillary Clinton, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. "I'm particularly grateful to TV Land for giving me something to do at night."

He also found time to focus on real-world interests such as global warming, hurricane and tsunami relief, AIDS and childhood obesity.

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/

:evilgrin: I'll let you know of any further updates!!

[PresidentObama]

1. NEWS UPDATE: Bill Clinton eats meatloaf for dinner. I repeat, meat loaf. n/t

[ElizabethDC]

2. I saw this, too

too funny. He watches a lot more TV than I would have expected!

[Tellurian]

9. watching..Deal or NO Deal?

[knight_of_the_star]

3. Slow news day? nt

nt

[Olney Blue]

4. Does this mean that he doesn't watch Tweety?

:D

[Olney Blue]

5. Fun article.

[IndyOp]

6. Torture on Hit Fox TV Show “24” Encourages US Soldiers to Abuse Detainees

Is Torture on Hit Fox TV Show “24” Encouraging US Soldiers to Abuse Detainees?
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/1448252

JUAN GONZALEZ: That's a scene from 24, the hit television series on the FOX Television network, with a weekly audience of 15 million viewers. Each season of 24 depicts an impossibly tense day in which counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer has just twenty-four hours to stop a terrorism plot that endangers the country. Faced with this “ticking time-bomb” scenario, Bauer invariably chooses torture to force suspects to divulge critical information.

AMY GOODMAN: Some of the torture tactics on 24 include drugging, water-boarding, electrocution or power-drilling into a man’s shoulder. In five seasons of the show, there have been no less than sixty-seven torture scenes, according to the Parents Television Council. That’s more than one every show.

JUAN GONZALEZ: This past fall, the Dean of West Point, Brigadier General Patrick Finnegan, along with experienced military and FBI interrogators and representatives of Human Rights First, flew to Southern California to meet with the creative team behind 24 to tell them to stop using torture, because American soldiers were copying the show’s tactics. The meeting was first revealed this month by The New Yorker magazine.

AMY GOODMAN: Well, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports the show has decided to cut back on torture, not because of complaints, but, they say, because it’s become something of a cliche.

[Generator]

7. I can't stand either of those shows

One is all about torture, the other is inspid torture. OH, and I ain't voting for his wife either. Veddy interesting.

[TheWraith]

8. He's also a wrestling fan, isn't he?

I like the guy, but he's got strange taste.