Tuesday, March 29, 2005

The Grey matter

ABC is on a hot streak. After a couple of season where they couldn't pay someone to watch their shows, their latest launch, "Grey's Anatomy," on Sunday nights after "Desperate Housewives" is a winner.

After only one episode, it's easy to tell that the writing is good, the characters are strong and the actors -- Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pompeo and Isaiah Washington -- are all quite solid here.

Certainly, the world doesn't need another medical drama but "Grey" on ABC and "House" on Fox are proving there's always room for quality.

1 comment:

Jon Weisman said...

Thought Grey's Anatomy was borderline. They didn't convince me that they had anything fresh to say about the doctor experience - could we possibly need another show telling us about the combination of fear and cockiness, fatigue and adrenaline, that is being a new doctor? The crotchety, "don't wake me up" resident, the nervous newbies. So done. Between ER and Scrubs, there isn't a lot of drama or comedy wiggle room for these folks. That being said, they've definitely got some good performers there, both heralded and unheralded.

Both my wife and I saw the lead actress, Ellen Pompeo, and had the same thought simultaneously - where is Paula Devicq these days?