From the Archives: I sure did fall in love with this show. I hope it gets a DVD release. It was just so much fun. Looked forward to it every week. ABC has become the number one offender in ripping away series I love. We have a serious love/hate relationship.
Now, don't get me wrong, Big Shots certainly isn't up to the quality of Desperate Housewives (in their first season) but the rest is essentially true. Instead of card games around the table at Bree or Lynette house, it's golf at the swanky country club. They talk about their wives, mistressess and jobs. In fact, the biggest difference between the Housewives and these men, is that aside from being men and therefore certainly appearing a bit whiny at times, the men are all high powered execs of some sort, so the scenes at home aren't nearly as common as the scenes at the office or country club.
Now, don't get me wrong, Big Shots certainly isn't up to the quality of Desperate Housewives (in their first season) but the rest is essentially true. Instead of card games around the table at Bree or Lynette house, it's golf at the swanky country club. They talk about their wives, mistressess and jobs. In fact, the biggest difference between the Housewives and these men, is that aside from being men and therefore certainly appearing a bit whiny at times, the men are all high powered execs of some sort, so the scenes at home aren't nearly as common as the scenes at the office or country club.
The real strengths of the show lie in Dylan McDermott and Michael Vartan's characters. Michael has been the dramatic strength and Dylan has been very good at being light-hearted drama. Joshua Malina and Christopher Titus are there to give us a few laughs, and they basically carry this off. Definitely worth checking out. Will this win an Emmy? Not anytime soon. But its a lot of fun, and there's some really good acting from these four and several of the supporting cast including Paige Turco, Nia Long, and Peyton List.
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