Last night was the first episode of Commander in Chief produced by Steven Bochco (replacing the show’s creator, Rod Lurie), and changes are already visible:

– New theme music and a slightly longer opening sequence.

– Episode titles no longer begins with the word “First.”

– More humor – someone actually named Rubie Dubidoux?

– House Speaker Nathan Templeton seems slated to become less evil and more three-dimensional. It could have been done more subtly than showing him caring for his diabetic wife, but I liked that scene. I’ve always liked Donald Sutherland and I want to like his characters, and hopefully I’ll be able to like this one more.

I’m glad this show is doing reasonably well in the ratings. It’s not as witty as The West Wing under Aaron Sorkin, but neither is the The West Wing under John Wells. And since WW is probably leaving after this season, I’ll need at least one White House show to watch.

Mystery of Gossipy Blog on the Judiciary Is Solved. Now that the New York Times has picked it up, I guess the story is officially Not Cool anymore.

More on Underneath Their Robes (which apparently none of my readers are interested in, because nobody’s commenting about it, but it’s my blog and I don’t care):

– “How Appealing” interviews Jeffrey Toobin, who wrote the piece for the New Yorker:

Q. Was it David Lat’s decision to go public, or did you plan to reveal his identity whether he cooperated or not?

A. This was entirely David’s decision. I actually met with him once, and we had a discussion about whether he should reveal himself. He then decided to go ahead, and we had a formal, on the record interview on another occasion.

– Anonymous blog can’t find judicial funny bone (from today’s Bergen (NJ) Record):

It turns out the voice behind A3G is a 30-year-old assistant federal prosecutor in Newark. His name is David Lat.

Lat, who sounded uneasy with his newfound fame Monday, quickly said he would need to check with his employer this time around before talking. A few minutes later, he politely declined to comment.

Michael Drewniak, spokesman for U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie, also declined to comment.

Then, at about 5 p.m. Monday, the blog had been removed.

What that meant for Lat was unclear.