letterten 2003-04 fall preview

debuts Thursday, Sep 18, 8:00pm

premise from	Using stories ripped from the headlines, Special Agent John Kilmer heads the Homeland Security Agency, dedicating his life to diverting disaster and keeping America safe. Oh yeah, and he works with his lovely, lethal ex-wife. [ABC link]
stars	Jamie Denton ("Philly"), Kelly Rutherford ("Melrose Place"), Will Lyman, Kurt Caceres, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali ("Crossing Jordan"), Melora Walters ("Magnolia"), Anthony Azizi, Shoshannah Stern
producers	Daniel Voll, Emile Levisetti, Michael Edelstein, Keith Addis
studio	Touchstone Television and Industry Television

opinions
	A team of anti-terrorism experts (including the team leader and his ex-wife) will save America from terrorists and their plots every week. Not to use it as a crutch, but is this entertainment in today's world?!?
	There will be a lot of quick-cut editing. The preview clips ABC showed look nice, but they don't tell much about the story. Shows like this depend a lot on how well the cast works together, and that's something the trailer didn't show. We'll reserve judgment on whether that's a good or bad sign. Because of its topical nature, though, the show might be a little heavy for the 8 o'clock hour.

my thoughts on "Threat Matrix"
	DOA. It's got arguably the worst slot of the week against "Friends" and "Survivor" and in our current post-9/11 world, do we really want to tune in a see suicide-bomber-of-the-week when CNN and MSNBC beam it to us -for real- every day anyway?