Sunday, September 16, 2007
Back To You on FOX
With such names as Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton, it's guaranteed that the actors are talented and hilarious.
But as we all know, the writers have a crucial role in the success of a TV show, and for the actors' sakes, I hope all goes well.
I watched some clips on the fox website. There's one possible difficulty in this show, and it's that their previous series a) were very successful, and continue to run in syndication, and b) didn't end too long ago.
If I'm not mistaken, they both aired their final episodes in 2004. A mere 3 years ago. When I first watched the clips, it was Debra Barone and Frasier Crane sitting at a newsdesk. Most people still have them typecast in their mind as the characters they embodied for many years, especially Grammer, playing Frasier for over 11 years.
Fred Willard, who played Amy's father on Everybody Loves Raymond, is on the cast as well, but he's played more diversified roles, so he shouldn't have that problem. He is pretty well-known, and funny as well.
My hope is that viewers will quickly forget Heaton and Grammer's previous characters (because that distracted me a little) and embrace the show that is full of big names and big talent.
Cheers to Back To You! (Oh, jeez, that pun in AWFUL, but I couldn't help it)
But as we all know, the writers have a crucial role in the success of a TV show, and for the actors' sakes, I hope all goes well.
I watched some clips on the fox website. There's one possible difficulty in this show, and it's that their previous series a) were very successful, and continue to run in syndication, and b) didn't end too long ago.
If I'm not mistaken, they both aired their final episodes in 2004. A mere 3 years ago. When I first watched the clips, it was Debra Barone and Frasier Crane sitting at a newsdesk. Most people still have them typecast in their mind as the characters they embodied for many years, especially Grammer, playing Frasier for over 11 years.
Fred Willard, who played Amy's father on Everybody Loves Raymond, is on the cast as well, but he's played more diversified roles, so he shouldn't have that problem. He is pretty well-known, and funny as well.
My hope is that viewers will quickly forget Heaton and Grammer's previous characters (because that distracted me a little) and embrace the show that is full of big names and big talent.
Cheers to Back To You! (Oh, jeez, that pun in AWFUL, but I couldn't help it)
