A lot of people seem to ...
Question: A lot of people seem to complain about the sameness of CBS' dramas. I'm wondering if these people are forgetting about
Numb3rs.
Numb3rs is one of my all-time favorite shows, and although it is just yet another crime drama, I consider it very different from the rest of CBS' schedule. It has much more in-depth character development, an incredibly creative premise and amazing actors (who really should have been nominated for something by now). I don't think CBS has treated it well by shoving it into the Fridays-at-10 slot, where it supposedly dominates but is mostly forgotten. Do you agree?
Answer: I'm not as down on CBS' crime franchises as you appear to be, but I do think
Numb3rs is distinctive (if not quite top-tier, must-see TV) and agree that it's being taken for granted because of its relatively invisible time period. I'll admit that most of the shows I record on Fridays go unwatched, despite my best efforts. I catch up with a
Numb3rs episode on occasion, and if I hear one of the other CBS or NBC Friday-night shows did something notable, I'll check it out. But for most of the year, the only Friday shows I'm watching with anything close to loyalty are
Battlestar Galactica,
Psych and occasionally
Monk. This fall things get more complicated on Fridays because of the arrival on ABC of
Ugly Betty and
Men in Trees, both of which I'll need or at least want to keep an eye on. Just because we don't talk or write much about
Numb3rs isn't a reflection of its quality, just a fact of life and a result of limited time.
