Boss

[Kenshiin]

If you aren't watching the new series Boss then may I add this to entice you.

http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/G...on1/boss-3.jpg

[Elcura]

Need more than a picture of a woman. What the shit is it about? You can't start a topic hoping to entice people into watching something without giving us something to go on at least.

Edit: Found Summary

The series follows Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, who has recently been diagnosed with a degenerative neurological disorder. Determined to remain in charge, Kane conceals the disease from everyone around him except his own physician, Dr Ella Harris. Those around Kane are too busy with their own lives to notice anything unusual. Kane's marriage to his wife Meredith is nothing more than one of convenience. Kane's closest advisors, Kitty O'Neill and Ezra Stone, begin to suspect something is wrong with the Mayor but respect him too much to ask any questions, while State Treasurer Ben Zajac is too busy cultivating his political ambitions to become the next Governor of Illinois to notice anything out of the ordinary. Kane's daughter, Emma, is the only one who suspects that something is wrong with her father. But does she know enough to uncover his secret and what will it mean for his political career?

Doesn't sound great from this (but no synopsis has ever really excited me), but I guess that's what these topics are for.

[Kenshiin]

Forgive me. I felt that people might already know about it but just haven't watched it. I'd write up a personal summary, but I tend to get long winded when I do that.

Mayor Tom Kane (Kelsey Grammer) sits like a spider at the center of Chicago’s web of power; a web built on a covenant with the people. They want to be led, they want disputes settled, jobs dispensed, and loyalties rewarded. If he achieves through deception and troubling morality, so be it. As long as he gets the job done, they look the other way.

Yet despite being the most effective mayor in recent history, a degenerative brain disorder is ripping everything away from him. He can’t trust his memory, his closest allies, or even himself.

Kane’s wife Meredith (Connie Nielsen) knows nothing. Theirs is a marriage of convenience. Kitty O’Neil (Kathleen Robertson), Kane’s advisor, has her suspicions but stays silent. And Kane’s political advisor Ezra Stone (Martin Donovan), a Yale graduate with a rough edge, remains questionless.

Only Emma (Hannah Ware), Kane’s estranged daughter, has a chance of learning his secret. This is going to be the toughest term yet for the Boss.


Starring: Kelsey Grammer, Connie Nielsen, Kathleen Robertson, Hannah Ware, Jeff Hephner, Martin Donovan, Francis Guinan, Rotimi Akinosho, Troy Garity

2 episodes in and I'm really enjoying it.

[tyven]

i love kathleen robertson, PICTURE WORKED FOR ME, BRO

[Brill Weave]

i love kathleen robertson, PICTURE WORKED FOR ME, BRO

From all those nights you spent watching 90210 all alone amirite. You have brought shame upon your people.

[tyven]

yes :/

[Brill Weave]

Can't even respond to that. I'm literally sitting here at work shaking my head at you lol.

[Elona]

Season 2 is over, great season and GREAT finale. Anyone else here watch this show anymore? Hopefully this gets renewed.

Spoiler: show

"Mortality is inevitable, just remember that yours is forever tied to mine."

[Abandon]

pic works, i'm in

[tonyg]

I love this show. I would even qualify it as a modern day Game of Thrones. Same dynamic with all the power struggles and backstabbings but without all the supernatural and medieval stuff of course.

And by the way, the title is really fitting of the badass motherfucker that is Kaine.

[GRT]

i'm actually surprised this isn't more watched and doesn't have a recap guy at grantland or something

[Orden]

Fox in the NC area is doing a story on TCE in the water. I wonder what Kane is doing this far from Chicago

[Elona]

There won’t be a third season of Starz‘s acclaimed drama Boss starring Kelsey Grammer and created by Farhad Safinia. However, I’ve learned exclusively that there are discussions between the pay cable network and Boss producer Lionsgate TV about possibly doing a two-hour movie that would wrap up the story of Chicago Mayor Tom Kane, played by Grammer. “After much deliberation, we have made the difficult decision to not proceed with (a third season of) Boss,” said Starz in a statement Tuesday. “We remain proud of this award-winning show, its exceptional cast and writers, and are grateful to Kelsey Grammer, Farhad Safinia and our partners at Lionsgate TV.”

Ratings-wise, Boss was soft but relatively steady. The series premiered to 659,000 viewers in October 2011. Season 2, which was ordered before Boss‘ series debut, opened with 317,000 viewers this past August, down 52% from Season 1, but subsequently recovered. It averaged 937,000 viewers over its weekend premiere airings on the Starz flagship channel and around 2.4 million across all platforms per episode. That was down slightly from Season 1 (1.1 million, 3 million). But Boss brought cachet to Starz, earning critical praise. It earned the first major awards nominations for the pay cable network, winning a Golden Globe for star Grammer who probably delivered the strongest performance of his career in Boss. Additionally, the show developed strong following by a small but devoted fan base. Its ratings performance was probably hampered by the fact it didn’t have a strong lead-in as Starz doesn’t have enough original series to go around, and that it aired on low-trafficked Friday night. (Though the network puts emphasis on a series’ cumed weekend viewership). Going into Season 2, the show beefed up the cast with new additions Sanaa Lathan, Jonathan Groff and T.I. while keeping its status as one of the less expensive Starz series. However, unlike Magic City, whose first season did only marginally better than Season 1 of Boss, the Grammer-starring drama was not owned by Starz, with Lionsgate TV controlling international and DVD rights.

After Season 1, Boss also brought in Dee Johnson as showrunner. Since Boss wrapped production on Season 2, Johnson moved to take the reins of ABC’s freshman soap Nashville but remained in first position to Boss. She will now be available to continue on Nashville, which recently received a back-nine order. Boss was executive produced by Safinia, Grammer, Gus Van Sant (who directed the pilot in his series debut), Johnson, Brian Sher and Stella Bulochnikov.

With Boss‘ cancellation, Spartacus now is the only Starz original series so far to go beyond two seasons. If a Boss movie becomes a reality — which is tricky as it involves new deals with the cast and crew — it would bring the show’s run to 20 hours.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/boss...r-two-seasons/