Legal Series get reboot with Stephen Amell

Maybe you remember the US network’s original programming heyday.

From the beginning of the 2000s to 2020 or it it had its own signature mark of high gloss, lighter exhibitions, most with emphasis on crime and breeze performed by attractive throwing: Monk, royal pain, psych, burning message and White collar. (There is more.) If you could arrange these programs on a plate and cover them with plastic wrap, you would have a restaurant’s perfect pastry presentation.

Probably was the most famous US series CostumesThe An elegant Manhattan legally drama that drove for nine seasons (and recently resumed on Netflix). For 108 episodes it also happened to work Meghan Marklethe one-The Duchess of SussexLike an ambitious paralegal named Rachel Zane.

This gives the show a special place in royal history, although it was really Most memorable about Costumes Where Patrick J. Adams‘Breakout performance as legal genius Mike Ross. His narrowed eyes sparkled with impressive analytical sharpness. Oh, he was good!

Now Costumes has been moved out to the west coast and restarted as NBC’s Costumes.

The new show focuses on a powerful entertainment company It is about to collapse as founding partners, Stuart Lane (The Walking Dead’s Josh McDermitt) and Ted Black (Arrow’s Stephen Amelllooks a bit like the original series’ Gabriel Macht), beat what can be described as a rough note.

This does not show the best in any of them or in their staff. In fact, the first three episodes are on their most entertaining and most promising, as all lawyers maneuver to hook campaigns, fields and throw dirt at opponents.

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Unfortunately, Costumes Don’t have Costumes“Agility, sexiness or snap, all of which probably had something with the original fun, lightweight gruntness. Here there seems to be an incorrect attempt to drum up Gravitas for Amells Ted.

Early on, he is satisfied as a punch to discover George Clooney in a swank restaurant and real stars (including Then John Amos) Have a way to pop in and out, play themselves. But the show tends to spend too much time in serious, humid explanations of Ted’s complicated history.

He used to be a prosecutor in Manhattan, you understand, but he abandoned that career after a messy case ended with a bully informant going Cablooey. (Some of this band with Machs Harvey Spector on Suits.) After a while, your mind pulls back to Entourage, The unpleasant but lively HBO comedy that played the lead Jeremy Piven When agent Ari “hugs it, bitch!” Gold.

Ted’s past is of much less interest than his new customers, including a film producer (Alias Kevin Weisman) accused of murdering his partner while they were at goal exercise and intake of large quantities of ecstasy. Very More suitable.

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Costumes Premiere on Sunday February 23 at 21 o’clock at NBC.