Fox Wednesday 8pm
debuts Monday, October 1, 8pm
concept
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In the '90s, the local TV news scene in Pittsburgh was dominated by one team: CHUCK DARLING (Kelsey Grammer, Frasier, Cheers) and KELLY CARR (Patricia Heaton, Everybody Loves Raymond). They had that elusive quality all news teams need: chemistry... at least on-screen. Off-screen, Chuck was a bit of a self-centered womanizer, Kelly a bit of an uptight know-it-all. So when Chuck got the call to move up to a larger market, no tears were shed.

But after an embarrassing on-air tirade ended up on the Internet, Chuck found himself on the downswing career-wise. He even questioned whether his lifestyle of chasing women and living in hotels was as exciting as it used to be. So when he got the call to return to Pittsburgh, to reunite with Kelly and try to take the newscast back to No. 1, it was an offer he couldn't refuse.  
stars Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton, Fred Willard, Ty Burrell, Laura Marano
producers Steve Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Andy Gordon, Gail Lerner, Dan O'Shannon, Chuck Tatham
studio 20th Century Fox Television, Levitan/Lloyd Productions, Grammnet Productions
my take
It's the Everybody Loves Raymond alumni hour. Back to You is great counterprogramming and with Levitan & Lloyd at the helm, this has got a good shot. The whole show rides on the chemistry between Grammer and Heaton. Their characters, at least in the available clips, come across rather unlikable. We can expect the cliched sitcom wackiness, which is great if it's funny. (Think Mary Tyler Moore, not Good Morning Miami.) Another weird issue: Patricia Heaton and Joely Fischer are near lookalikes. Fischer follows Heaton in 'Til Death.
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