De Niro and other stars shine, but a few fall flat. In "Zero Day" Robert De Niro is former president George Mullen. We learn early in the first episode that Mullen is the last pre

Ripped out of the underbelly of modern America as much as the headline, the Robert De Niro-starring Zero Day will show it can happen here.

Jesse Plemons, 36, gives a standout performance as Roger Carlson, Mullen’s right-hand man who seems to be toying with his own political agenda, while Lizzy Caplan, 42, stars as Alexandra Mullen, a former First Daughter-turned-Congresswoman who has no qualms with putting her own father to task.