"Scoundrels" (on ABC) Starring: Virginia "Sideways" Madsen, David James "Jag" Elliott, etc.
After her husband gets arrested and ends up with a five year prison sentence, the matriarch (Virginia Madsen) of a family specializing in petty crime and chicanery, decides that she and her children will become law abiding citizens. Her moronic son will steal anything he can get his hands on and in the pilot episode he nearly ends up behind bars. His vacuous eldest sister can only seem to get jobs that involve removing her clothing, and his younger sister is highly intelligent, but blackmails her principal into allowing her to be truant as much as she wants. With Madsen's intervention, all three situations are nipped in the bud. This could be one of the most quotable series in recent memory. For instance, Madsen's character tells her son: "We don't break into people's homes, at least when they are home." I intend to watch this show every week, and I definitely recommend this show in its Sunday timeslot.
"Rookie Blue" (on ABC) Starring Missy Pelgrym ("Reaper") Doe-eyed police rookie Andie (Missy Pelgrym) and four other recent graduates of the police academy are fresh on the job and do their best while making their share of mistakes. In the pilot, Andie fouls up an undercover drug sting and defuses a hostage situation on her first day on the job. A routine police drama in which the love interest from "Reaper" shows she can do more than look pretty.
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