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75
There's peril in traveling the well-worn path of unrequited love and adulterous wives. But what makes this beginning of "Brian" work is that the characters are nicely drawn archetypes, not stereotypes.
75
It's styled as a sort of laid-back Gen X updating of "thirtysomething," replacing that show's neuroses-fueled, East Coast edge with a more casual, lighthearted California vibe.
75
Brian's writing, while witty, tends to be oversize. [21 Apr 2006, p.64]
70
Most of the actors make their characters zesty and likable, if on occasion too glib for their -- and our -- own good.
60
Ironically, the differences among the characters that make the show interesting and even, at times, compelling, also test its credibility.
60
While "What About Brian" strikes some of the familiar chords about love, angst and the terror of young adulthood that have viewers swooning over "Grey's Anatomy," the show does so in a more laid-back tone, which should make its leap from a post-"Desperate Housewives" launch to its regular Monday moorings a commercial challenge.
60
"Brian" is easy, harmless viewing, sliding down the gullet as smoothly and reassuring as a glass of California merlot.
50
There's not a lot wrong about "Brian.'' But there's not a lot right about it, either.
50
This is all nicely produced with mild offbeat tweaks along the way... But none of this is original either. [24 Apr 2006, p.39]
40
"What About Brian" isn't a terrible show, it just doesn't offer enough unique reasons to make a weekly appointment with this gang of friends.
