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"Air Date: Sunday 7/15\r\nUs Rating: ** 1/2\r\nWith the election heating up, this ambitious six-hour series about a powerful, Clinton-esque family is certainly timely. In the Hillary slot: hard-nosed yet conscientious Elaine Barrish Hammond (Sigourney Weaver), a former first lady, now divorced, who serves as secretary of state under a new president (Adrian Pasdar).\r\n\r\nThe unerring actress clearly relishes the role, especially as Elaine tackles a hostage crisis. In fact, the political maneuvering is consistently well-drawn. If only the rest of Animals roared with such excitement.\r\nThe subplots, including her feud with a hungry reporter (Carla Gugino), are too many and too familiar. Elaine&amp;apos;s son and chief of staff, Douglas (James Wolk), has a fiancee with a secret, while his gay twin, T.J. (Sebastian Stan), is an addict.\r\n\r\nThe jarring attempts at satire fall flatter. A randy Russian diplomat grabs Elaine&amp;apos;s derriere? Preposterous. Meanwhile, her skirt-chasing, good &amp;apos;ol boy ex (Ciaran Hinds) is right out of The Dukes of Hazzard! Weaver makes even that relationship believable. Call it a win for this star vehicle. (USA, 10 p.m.)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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