'NASHVILLE' HAS MORE TWANG THAN BANG.Byline: DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. KRONKE >TV CRITIC From the producers who gifted us with the fatuous folks of reality series "Laguna Beach Laguna Beach (ləg  `nə), city (1990 pop. 23,170), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; founded 1887, inc. 1927. " comes Fox's "Nashville,"
a show that, in its eschewing glibness glib adj. glib·ber, glib·best 1. a. Performed with a natural, offhand ease: glib conversation. b. and superficiality (if only by comparison), also avoids the sort of train-wreck guilty pleasures of its predecessor. "Nashville" focuses on a group of pretty young things who have all landed in the country-music capital in search of stardom. Tonight's episode already makes it clear who they want us pulling for and who we'll be hissing hiss n. 1. A sharp sibilant sound similar to a sustained s. 2. An expression of disapproval, contempt, or dissatisfaction conveyed by use of this sound. v. : Matt, a singer-songwriter who had a taste of minor stardom before his label downsized and dropped him, is posited as a good guy (too bad his songs are pretty generic). Mika, the naive country girl from the mining hills of Kentucky seeking stardom as a singer, seems a good egg but a couple of bad decisions from disaster. Chuck achieves success with a music label tonight, but that only seems a precursor to a humbling downfall. Rachel, daughter of football legend Terry Bradshaw Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948) is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently a football analyst and co-host of FOX NFL Sunday. , seems to have had her brattiest moments excised out of deference to her dad, a Fox Sports analyst, but her sense of entitlement rings loud and clear nonetheless. Clint, a partier from a privileged background, is clearly the villain of the piece, a womanizing wom·an·ize v. woman·ized, woman·iz·ing, woman·iz·es v.intr. To pursue women lecherously. v.tr. To give female characteristics to; feminize. cad destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to break -- at the very least -- Rachel's heart. With all these parts in place, "Nashville" still feels pretty generic. None of these people feel like full-blooded characters yet, particularly damning given that they're real people. The narration is particularly trite: "There's no such thing as a sure thing -- in Nashville." "Is there room for one more star -- in the Nashville sky?" Given the general lack of enthusiasm that has greeted most reality programs in the past few months, "Nashville" would have to be a lot better to reverse that trend. Unless it ended the same way Robert Altman's landmark 1975 film by that title concluded. Then, maybe they'd have something. David Kronke, (818) 713-3638 david.kronke@dailynews.com www.insidesocal.com/tv/ NASHVILLE - Two stars >What: Reality series about aspiring singers in the country-music capital. >Where: Fox, Channel 11. >When: 9 tonight. >In a nutshell: Not to be mistaken for the 1975 Robert Altman masterpiece. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Chuck Wicks Chuck Wicks (born 1979? in Smyrna, Delaware) is an American country music singer-songwriter. He was also one of the cast members of the American reality/soap series Nashville, which aired on Fox Networks for two episodes before its cancellation. achieves success with a music label, but that only seems a precursor to a humbling downfall, tonight on "Nashville." |
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