Captain's Log

Keen Eddie

Unfortunately network television is so ratings driven that 'good' shows get the axe way before they get a chance to grow an audience. You only need the examples of Seinfeld and Cheers, two 'good' and extremely successful shows, to know that a good show might not garner great ratings at first. So why am I bringing this up?

Keen Eddie is a police comedy/drama about a New York cop who relocates to England to make up for a police bust gone wrong, and then decides to stay there and start over. The show has snappy dialog, fast-paced direction, cool camera perspectives. The acting fits the parts very well and the characters draw you in. It's different from a lot of the shows on television on today, but it's not good just because it's different; it's good because it's good.

The sad part is that Fox planned to start to airing the show in the second half of the 2002-2003 season, but then pushed back the release till the summer, which is probably not the best time to release a new TV show. Then FOX proceeded to shift around its time slot, delay airings (for National Geographic specials...), and finally cancel the show after only airing 7 episodes. (The OC took its original time slot) I caught 2 or 3 of them during last summer, and I started to get into the show, only to have it get cancelled. The good news is that Bravo is airing the 13 episodes that were filmed over the next few months. So if you want to check it out, it airs Tuesday nights at 8 PM Central, and repeats a bunch of times during the week. You can check out the airing schedule here.

In case you need a second opinion I think Keen Eddie has the Andrew seal of approval.