{"id":193,"date":"2006-07-26T13:11:15","date_gmt":"2006-07-26T20:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=193"},"modified":"2007-04-10T23:26:28","modified_gmt":"2007-04-11T06:26:28","slug":"from-ally-mcbeal-to-ann-coulter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=193","title":{"rendered":"From Ally McBeal to Ann Coulter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, probably not<\/a>. But Calista Flockhart, formally of Ally McBeal, will be playing a conservative pundit on a new ABC series debuting this fall. “Brothers & Sisters” will follow “Desperate Houswives” and will also feature Sally Field as Flockhart’s mother.<\/p>\n

Asked to describe the pundit, producer Ken Olin (formerly a star of “Thirty Something’) said, “She’s not Ann Coulter. She’s not insane.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“She’s not insane.”<\/em> That’s a nice qualification to differentiate the show’s character from Coulter’s lack of same. But I think the show is missing an opportunity. Drama thrives on conflict and who is more conflicting than Coultergeist? The potential for story lines that drip with dramatic tension is enormous. The character’s rabid antogonism, unbounded ego, and even gender confusion, could give the show some powerful ammunition for salacious entertainment.<\/p>\n

And while drama thrives on conflict, television thrives on controversy. The closer this show’s character is alligned with Coulter, the more promotion juice they could squeeze out of it. If ABC is going to be too timid to run with this, I hope somebody else will do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, probably not. But Calista Flockhart, formally of Ally McBeal, will be playing a conservative pundit on a new ABC series debuting this fall. “Brothers & Sisters” will follow “Desperate Houswives” and will also feature Sally Field as Flockhart’s mother. Asked to describe the pundit, producer Ken Olin (formerly a star of “Thirty Something’) said, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-culture","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-37","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":272,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=272","url_meta":{"origin":193,"position":0},"title":"Ann Coulter’s New Address: Folsom?","author":"Mark NC","date":"11\/1\/2006","format":false,"excerpt":"This is sweet... \"Conservative columnist Ann Coulter has refused to cooperate in an investigation into whether she voted in the wrong precinct, so the case will probably be turned over to prosecutors, Palm Beach County's elections chief said Wednesday.\" This is a potential felony that carries a sentence of up\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":37428,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37428","url_meta":{"origin":193,"position":1},"title":"Ann Coulter Knew Trump Was ‘a Shallow, Lazy Ignoramus’ and is Still Proud of Voting For Him","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/28\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been over a year since the election of Donald Trump and the media is still preoccupied with the hold Trump has on his glassy-eyed disciples. 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In fact she even commits to campaigning for Clinton: When asked for a response, Clinton said: For the conspiracy theorists out there, I would propose that this is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Election"","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":487,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=487","url_meta":{"origin":193,"position":3},"title":"Ann Coulter’s Wish For John Edwards","author":"Mark NC","date":"6\/26\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 In an appearance on Good Morning America, Ann Coulter described how she had learned from her past mistakes when she spewed messages of hate and discrimination. She is the featured guest tonight on Chris Matthews Hardball. 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The \"autopsy\" of the 2012 election released by RNC Chair Reince Priebus spelled out the awful truth that his party is perceived as a \u201cnarrow minded,\u201d \u201cout of touch\u201d party of \"stuffy old (white) men.\u201d Unfortunately, nothing in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1166,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1166","url_meta":{"origin":193,"position":5},"title":"Ann Coulter Found Guilty Of Serial Lying","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/5\/2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The arch-right-wing provocateur, Ann Coulter, has another book of disinformation and smears coming out tomorrow. This one is called \"Guilty,\" continuing her custom of disparaging one-word titles (i.e. Slander, Treason, Godless). And in another custom in which she engages, the book release has become embroiled in controversy. 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