Commander-in-Chief (2005)

Oscar winner Geena Davis and veteran Hollywood star Donald Sutherland play bitter political opponents in this highly acclaimed hit series set at the very highest level of the American Government. Davis plays Mackenzie Allen, who was vice president when the President fell ill and died, but was told to step aside and allow the Speaker of the House, Nathan Templeton, to assume the Presidency. After a revealing conversation with Templeton she decides not to give way to the chauvinist bigot, but to fight for the top job. A stirring inaugural speech unites the country behind her and she becomes the first ever female US President. But can she cope with the job, and how will her family deal with her role as leader of the World's most powerful country?