I'm a sucker for actors. Give me a TV show with a strong lead who's given interesting things to do, punchy dialogue, and maybe a quirky trait or too -- as long as it doesn't detract from that strength at the center -- and I'll be tuning in every week, eager to watch that actor at work.
OK, maybe that's too much to ask. But the wonderful thing about this brave new world of the proliferation of original series all up and down the basic cable spectrum is that there's more of what I love on television these days than ever before. It's precisely strong leads and quirky traits that sell a show in that environment.
So maybe Samantha Who? was just a little too ... small ... to survive. I love Christina Applegate in this show; she throws herself into the character of Samantha, former bitch afflicted with retrograde amnesia, with infectious energy. Read More
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