An American Daughter (2000)

Overview: A Senator's daughter seems to have a lock on a nomination as the US Surgeon General, until a background check reveals she once neglected to return a jury-duty notice. Then she makes a mistake in comments about her homemaker mother that leaves her open to a media blitz and her sure-fire nomination suddenly appears shaky.

Starring: Christine Lahti, Tom Skerritt, Jay Thomas, Mark Feuerstein

Categories: Drama, TV Movie