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I believe this show might have done OK if given a fair chance.

Overall, the premise was good. The commercials made the show look great, but once I actually got to see it I was disappointed.

I think this probably would have worked better as a sitcom. The sections that were supposed to be funny were, but there was faaaaar too much dramatics clogging up the fun bits.

It is the first episode, I don't care about who used to date whom or how one of the characters marriages are going, I just want it to be the funny show I was promised. Save the highly dramatic stuff for later in a season when I'm used to the characters.

I thought the show was witty and had a good chance to survive. It would have been fun to see the story lines between the sisters progress. And, the interesting wedding stories would have been fun, too. They didn't even give this show a chance.

I love Fox shows, but this was, I agree was set up for failure. I have yet to see a Big 3 show survive a Friday timeslot. It truly is the kiss of death. I think the best nights are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Plus, I think cable shows are better for Friday nights. Monk and Psych rock!

We loved this show. Even recorded it when it moved to Friday. Also think some shows need more than four episodes to play for a decent chance. I know his comment is late, but just found this site & had to get this out of my system.
Thanks.

I also agree that the Friday Night death knell was in effect. It was fine on Wednesdays after Idol, but once they moved it to Friday, it became forgettable.

Oh, it's taken off the air after only 4 episodes? Can you say "Tax Write-off for the Fox Network"? I knew you could.

This was a slam-dunk premise from David E. Kelley, who can do no wrong with these ensemble shows (Ally McBeal, Boston Public, The Practice, Boston Legal). I normally avoid them, but I got roped into watching this when it was on, and it was no worse than any of the other Kelley shows. The show had a decent cast, above-average writing, and a solid premise. The first couple of shows had too much going on, but that is normal for a new show that has to introduce everyone to the characters.

So, why did it fail? Why was it put into the Friday death-slot? Simple: Fox wanted it to fail.

Fox is making a fortune on their hit shows like 24, Bones, House, Prison Break, Smarter than a 5th Grader, NFL Football, Nascar, MLB, BCS college bowls, and who can forget money-machine American Idol? They need to have a few big-time DUDS to even them out at the end of the year. What better way than to promote the hell out of a big-name, slam-dunk producer's TV series, which undoubtedly cost Fox a pretty penny to launch, and then to kill it and write the whole thing off?

I just hope Fox had the decency to let the cast know they were being set up to fail so miserably.

It was good until it got moved to the death slot, Friday nights. I was never home so I TiVo'd the episodes. I loved this show and FOX should've given it another chance.

What, four episodes and y'all think it jumped the shark? HOW?!?!?! I rather enjoyed it, and wish that shows would get more than a 4 episode chance before a show getting yanked.

Besides which, any chance to see Teri Polo is all right by me!

The idea sounded good, but the program is stupid. They need to take it off or get a set of new writers.

The Friday night timeslot. Nuff said.