John From Cincinatti

To me this sounded like one of the worst TV show premises ever. But the first was pretty intriguing. Certainly intriguing enough that, given that I already subscribe to HBO, I'll watch the second episode. I could totally see this show sucking after two or three episodes, since TV built around a Central Mystery isn't normally my cup of tea, but the pilot was very well-executed so I'll give them some benefit of the doubt. What's more, the whole first episode's available online.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/06/-em-john-from-cincinatti-em/42676/