COMPARED TO `HOUSE,' `3 LBS' IS A LIGHTWEIGHT.Byline: David Kronke Television Critic Tonight, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. will air a medical drama featuring a brilliant, acerbic and prickly doctor who doesn't get along particularly well with his patients. No, that's not a typo typo - typographical error : After Fox airs ``House'' at 9 p.m., CBS will counter at 10 p.m. with ``3 lbs,'' which stars Stanley Tucci (``The Devil Wears Prada's'' scene-stealer) as New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of neurosurgeon neurosurgeon a physician who specializes in neurosurgery. neurosurgeon A surgeon specialized in managing diseases of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves Meat & potatoes diseases Brain tumors, spinal cord disease Salary $245K + 15% bonus. Doug Hanson. Hanson goes though youthful prot(hrt)g(hrt)s like Borat Sagdiyev goes through unsuspecting dupes. His latest is Jonathan Seger (Mark Feuerstein Mark Feuerstein (born June 8, 1971) is an American actor. Biography Career Feuerstein got his break-through on television as a recurring character on the daytime soap opera Loving (1983). of ``Good Morning Miami''), who is every bit as empathetic em·pa·thet·ic adj. Empathic. em  pa·thet i·cal·ly adv. as Hanson is cold, and is demographically acceptable enough to engage in flirtations with a sexy, quirky doctor, Adrianne Holland (Indira Varma). Tonight's patient du jour is a classical violinist who, special effects explicate to viewers, suffers some sort of seizure between her brain (the title refers to the average weight of the human brain) and the nerves connecting to her hands. Hanson alienates the patient's mother, who thereupon there·up·on adv. 1. Concerning that matter; upon that. 2. Directly following that; forthwith. 3. In consequence of that; therefore. makes decisions regarding her daughter's care that could possibly add further injury. ``3 lbs'' isn't bad; it just pales in comparison to ``House.'' Tucci, a terrific performer, just isn't given the same sort of consistently crackling dialogue that Hugh Laurie gets, though he's given an equally ominous back story that will play through until something better 7/8 on this show or another 7/8 comes along. The human brain, Hanson announces dismissively, is merely ``wires in a box.'' Were that true, ``3 lbs' '' writers should've been capable of making their show as endlessly entertaining as ``House.'' David Kronke, (818) 713-3638 david.kronke@dailynews.com 3 LBS - Two and one half stars What: Stanley Tucci stars in this drama about neurosurgeons. Where: CBS (Channel 2). When: 10 tonight. In a nutshell: A whitewashed ``House.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Stanley Tucci is neurosurgeon Doug Hanson, who dismissively describes the human brain as merely ``wires in a box'' on CBS' new ``3 lbs,'' premiering at 10 tonight. |
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