| Citizen Baines | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Lydia Woodward |
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| Composer | Marty Davich |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 (3 unaired) |
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| Cinematography | Ernest Holzman |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 29 – November 3, 2001 |
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).
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "A Day Like No Other" | Christopher Chulack | Lydia Woodward | September 29, 2001 |
| 2 | "The Whole Thump-Thump-Thump" | Unknown | Unknown | October 6, 2001 |
| 3 | "Days of Confusion" | Unknown | Unknown | October 13, 2001 |
| 4 | "Three Days In November" | Unknown | Unknown | October 20, 2001 |
| 5 | "The Appraisal" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Patty Lin | October 27, 2001 |
| 6 | "Lost and Found" | Dwight Little | Will Scheffer | November 3, 2001 |
| 7 | "Out in the Rain" | TBD | TBD | Unaired |
| 8 | "A Song That Never Ends" | TBD | TBD | Unaired |
| 9 | "Safe at Home" | TBD | TBD | Unaired |
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]
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]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
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| 2002 | 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) |
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