The District

Craig T. Nelson anchors this surprisingly entertaining series about Washington D.C.’s newest police commissioner, a no-nonsense and musical rascal who repeatedly gets the best results through his non-traditional means. Lynne Thigpen, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Jonathan LaPaglia fill the supporting roles quite nicely, the series is actually written with a little wit and drama, and the show as a whole is about five times more appealing than it probably deserves to be. Enjoy it now, as I predict a relatively short shelf life for this one.