A REVIEW OF TELEVISION SHOWS, AS REQUESTED.

THE KUHNS REPORT

LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?

Ron, from Santa Monica, California asked me to give my opinion on a few television shows. Okay.
First. lets tackle the idiot show on ABC called "Wicked City." I see this show as a rehash of the serial killer show "Aquarius" which aired on NBC, starring David Duchovny.  "Wicked City", era 1982, the place, Sunset Strip follows serial killer Kent Grainger played by Ed Westwick. Detective Jack Roth(Jeremy Sisto) and a wanna-be journalist Karen McClaren (Taissa Farmiga) who works for the news rag L.A. Notorious, is keeping tabs on this serial killer.

Killer Kent hangs at the famous Whiskey A Go Go where he chooses his victims. He then calls in a song dedication to a radio station. The song plays while the serial killer is doing his thing with the victim as he gets off. Then he proceeds to butcher the victim. The only decent thing about this serial killers routine and the entire show is the music played during his kills. Westwick fails to get a handle on his character. As to Sisto's detective performance - - BORING!  BORING! DULL! DULL!.

Other shows that I see on their last legs are:  "The Player". It resembles a kiddie show. It's filled with tech gadgets that are supposed to know all and assist the star in beating the clock in solving crimes. Again, BORING. A lackluster show. I would predict that this bomb will be nixed in  the very near future.  The show,"Blood and Oil" - - Come On. It's another dumb soap opera that struggles through and I would say it's bleeding to death. Stick a fork in this show - - mark my words,  IT's DONE.

NBC's "Blindspot" will probably go the entire season but I don't know how. It's a dopey show. The female lead runs around through each episode of the show with a very, very grim expression on her face. She looks like death warmed over.  And the interactions between the lead FBI guy and this tattooed wonder causes him to break supposed FBI protocol also. I don't know where the writers come up with this pablum.The context and idea of the show is stupid. She is supposedly a victim of some sort of "who knows what."and  covered with tattoos who is allowed to run willy-nilly with FBI agents shooting up the world. She ignore supposed FBI protocol and does things on her own and is usually away from the FBI team as she whips up on the bad guys. And as in one episode,this FBI team draws down on  a CIA team. "I'm better than you are" game. Yikes! This show is nothing more than a modern version of cowboy and Indians  with no substance. I will be really surprised if the show runs the entire season.

Ron, You asked me for my opinion on these shows. Take it for what it's worth. - And, that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.

BRADLEY W. KUHNS, Ph.D., O.M.D.
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