By now you guessed that this is not a theatrical review but a TV review.  Sometimes we venture into the tube for a peek at couch potato land, and the hype for Dana Delaney's new show was too much to resist. So what's the verdict?

We believe the show is misnamed - it should be called Body of Poof because dollars to donuts that the show will go "poof" from the air in a few weeks.

 

If you have no clue about the above references consider yourself lucky.  You are probably not a couch potato.  Dana Delany has a special indefinable quality that makes you want to watch, not because you are intrigued by the plot or mesmerized by the story line.  You just want to see what dumb thing she'll say next. As a former neurosurgeon who suffered a serious injury in a car accident and can't operate anymore, she takes a job in the coroner's office slicing up dead people.  That job is not exactly chopped liver, but her attitude and know-it-all demeanor turns you off.  This is House with hose.  On that subject, Delaney has a great body and she works it on the show, although subtly so as not to slutty-fy the role.  I know, there's no word as slutty-fy, but there was nothing else that fit.  As for sex appeal,  I was holding out to end to see Jeri Ryan as the Chief ME and as usual Jeri did not disappoint. 

But the show has it's prescribed staple characters.  There's the cop who doesn't like her - John Carrol Lynch as Det. Bud Morris who never smiles.  He has his requisite female partner, who is African American so they can knock down two minority points in one. Sonja Sohn as Det. Samantha Baker is good in what little we saw of her.  There is a nerdy intern type Geoffrey Arend as Dr. Elliot Gross but our very favorite character is  Dr. Curtis Brumfield played by Windell Middlebrooks.  He is the comedy relief, bumbling along and always complaining that nobody ever calls him "Doctor".  It's easy to see why after he speaks a few lines that tend to define his character.  The premiere story was mildly interesting dealing with a dead attorney who was having an affair with her boss and we learn that she had a conscience change after being beaten up by her ex-boyfriend.  Who done it?  By the 33rd minute you know, but there are a few clues long before that. 

By the 48th minute you know one more thing . . . this show will be lucky to make it another 48 hours.