Upfronts 2014: Fox’ Backstrom (First Look)
Backstrom. Fox.
SHOW: Backstrom, drama
WHO: Rainn Wilson (The Office), Kristoffer Polaha (Ringer), Dennis Haysbert (24), Page Kennedy, Beatrice Rosen (Blue Mountain State), Thomas Dekker (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Genevieve Angelson (House of Lies)
WHAT: Offensive, irascible Detective Everett Backstrom tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior while leading his team, the Serious Crimes Unit, as they navigate Portland’s most sensitive cases.
WHEN: TBD (Midseason)
WHERE: Fox
BOTTOM LINE: From the producers of Bones, this show looks… well, horrible. But there’s an audience for it. It’ll do well. I just won’t be there to see it. Thanks. The Castle/Bones crowd will love it. FYI: Not me being a TV snob; just me knowing what I like and what I don’t grasp. I don’t grasp this humor.
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