Our main TV reviewer, Will Harris, put together a terrific preview of the fall season for Bullz-Eye, but I thought I’d chime in on a few of the premieres and see if we can get some discussion going about the new season.
“K-Ville” follows a New Orleans cop Marlin Boulet (Anthony Anderson) and his mysterious new partner Trevor Cobb (Cole Hauser) as they try to navigate the crime-filled streets of a city on the rebound. Anderson had a nice stint playing Antwon Mitchell on “The Shield,” and after a start in comedy, his career has taken a decidedly dramatic direction. To this point, Hauser has done mostly supporting work in films, but is now taking his quiet confidence to the small screen. The show looks a lot like a Bruckheimer film and the two lead characters have a nice dynamic. The backdrop of New Orleans is a gritty one, so the series needs to be careful to keep itself completely realistic. (SPOILER: The whole running-up-and-wrapping-a-chain-around-the-leg-of-a- helicopter-so-it-couldn’t-take-off routine didn’t really work for me.) I’m not sure the world needs another cop show, and one wonders if the country is willing to re-live the depression of Katrina on a weekly basis, so the series seems to be doomed from the start. Still, the cast is good, the writing is decent and the premiere was enjoyable (if a bit heavy-handed), so it has a shot. I’m going to take it week-to-week.
So, what did you think?
If you missed the premiere, Fox is re-airing it tonight at 9 PM…and if you miss that, too, there’s always this teaser:
