Here’s why Netflix’s ‘Designated Survivor’ is losing me

Published May 8, 2019 5:35pm ET



Lately, I’ve been binge-watching “Designated Survivor” (starring Kiefer Sutherland). The premise is that a Cabinet secretary — and one who was about to be fired by the president — is the only person absent from the State of the Union address when an attack kills the entire senior leadership of all three branches of government.

The third season of this show will soon begin airing on Netflix. So, what’s the bottom line?

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