ABC Tuesday 9:30pm
	debuts September 26, 9:30pm
	concept from Whoever came up with the horrible idea of group therapy? Take a bunch of people who are all really messed up in different ways and put them in a room together to try and help each other out. Yeah...that's a great idea. No conflicts there. Just a bunch of crazy, self-obsessed strangers...workin' it out. And if that isn't bad enough, Dr. Bill Hoffman (Ted Danson) is probably the craziest and most self-obsessed of all, but his patients would never know it because he hides behind his very respectable celebrity image as a best-selling author of phenomenally successful self-help books. Director Brian Dannelly (Saved, Weeds) portrays screwed up people as they work hard to unscrew themselves. Applying the good doctor's advice to the real world with enthusiastic effort, they begin to realize maybe Dr. Bill should be doing the heavy lifting along with them.   stars Ted Danson, Jere Burns, Suzy Nakamura, Jim Rash, Charlie Finn, Darlene Hunt producers Alexandra Rushfield, Brian Dannelly, Jennifer Konner studio Regency Television

my take Ted Danson is always a good place to begin a sitcom. Throw in Jere Burns (one of the most under appreciated actors out there), an interesting cast and it looks like there might be something here. I wasn't enamored of the concept itself, but the ABC provided clips changed my mind on it. It's pure counterprogramming being the only show beginning on the half-hour. It's got a tough slot and what I think is a weak lead-in. Look for it to stick around. I'd suggest a move, but due to ABC's lack of half-hours (2!), the only thing to do is to flip it with "Knights."

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