K-Ville Premiere on Fox Fall TV Line-up

May Be a Short Season for the New Fox Show Set in New Orleans

I am not entirely sure why K-Ville was greenlit by FOX for the new Fall TV season, other than to capitalize on the whole New Orleans thing. That in and of itself is sad to me, but expected from not only FOX, but TV in general. However, you would think that someone would have steered this show in a direction that didn't make you cringe at the idea that a national tragedy could be exploited so blatantly for ratings and ad sales. K-Ville has so few redeeming qualities, that I think I can safely say that it is one of the worst shows I have viewed in a while. Last Season's mid-season Drive was better than this hackneyed story of Black Cop/White Cop.

The worst offense of K-Ville started almost immediately. Sure, the first shot is a guy holding his head above what looks like really clean rising water, and then moves to Anthony Anderson's character amid New Orleans' residents on a freeway overpass waiting for help, but the worst crime is when we fast-forward to the present day and Anderson's neighbor pulls up in a new car that only cost her "two FEMA checks." I mean, come on, why would you put that line in a script, and it doesn't matter that Anderson chastises her for wasting tax-payer money, she's a nightclub singer and has to travel in style. I wish that were the one racist glitch in the script, but no.

Anthony Anderson (Transformers, The Departed, Scary Movie 3 and 4) plays Marlin Boulet, a cop with some anger issues and no intention of doing things by the book. He also has no patience for anyone who is trying to sell their house in his neighborhood or kids that steal his cypress trees. But still, you can see a heart of gold in a kevlar exterior. Joining him in the updated and not-funny-at-all I-Spy set up is Cole Hauser (The Break Up, The Cave, "ER") as Trevor Cobb. Seriously, when they first said his name, I thought they said Trevor Cop, as if this show weren't obvious enough. Add some supporting characters to the crime-fighting duo that, surprise, don't see eye to eye, and you got yourself a show, FOX (insert Lucas-style slow clap with more sarcasm than preciousness).