Every year ABC rolls the dice on one truly first-rate pilot that breaks (or at least bends) the usual mold. "Life on Mars" is the latest gamble -- albeit one predicated on an existing template, that being a BBC drama.
Splendidly cast, handsomely produced and conceptually intriguing...Life on Mars is a show I have strangely been looking forward to for two years, since back when I heard David E. Kelly was adapting a British cop show involving time-travel.
SOLD!
After reshooting and recasting nearly all of the pilot (and booting Mr. Michelle Pfieffer from the proceedings) we are left with a high cost, super cast, and potentially exciting series.
Old Cast...
...New Cast
And Variety says it doesn't suck.
Count me in. I'll see you there. ABC. Thursdays. 10pm. October 9.
-RoboNixon
If it holds its own against the final season of NBC's "ER," "Mars" might be orbiting the schedule for yearsCount me in.
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