Sorry people, I pressed the wrong key and just lost a post.
To recap, difficult to view the new show without ghosts from the past
haning heavily. 'Chuck' is so similar to Frasier, it's hard to know
where one starts and the other ends.
And Patricia Heaton's character is like a combo of Roz, Kate Costas
plus take-your-pick from dozens of dates-go-bad from Frasier's past.
I'd say her character needs another female character to play off ---
and someone a lot more interesting than the bimbo weather girl ---
otherwise it's just going to be a formulaic battle of the sexes.
And I saw the surprise revelation coming, the moment Heaton mentioned
the daughter.
But, the show did make me laugh and smile many times, which is a good
sign. James Burrows' direction was a lot less forced than what Mr.
Burrows was churning out during the later seasons of "Will & Grace".
Hard to see where the story can go. I don't sense the presence of so
many extraordinary characters we had from the start on FRASIER.
Of the remaining cast, I liked Ty Burrell (excellent in "Out Of
Practice"). If the producers are looking for feedback, my advice is
focus on Chuck and Ty's character. The other people at the station
were too clich=E9ed to be compelling IMO --- unless Christopher Lloyd
can persuade his dad, David Lloyd, to come on baord and write as many
scripts as possible for the show.
Re Kelsey, he's looking great, and I did note a couple of points when
he got into DHP-worthy facial stuff and a few other tricks.
I'd like the show to succeed, but it's to early to tell if it will.
Charles
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