Didn't Feel Dirty, Didn't Feel Sexy, But Almost on the Money

Dirty Sexy Money, ABC's newest dramedy, premiered last night. After being hounded on the train to and from New York City all summer, I decided to make a conscious effort to tune in. Which is more than I can say about NBC's Bor-onic Woman. I tried my best to stay interested in Bionic Woman, if only to tell of it later, but it wasn't even worth the petty conversational piece.

Dirty Sexy Money, however, impressed. Don't get me wrong. It isn't great. I won't be making an effort to watch every Wednesday at 9 p.m., but I certainly won't turn away if I come across it. But for a show that is watched entirely on the shallowness of the majority of the characters, it does draw you in. Similar to how other shows featuring equally shallow, but instead non-fictional characters (i.e. Entertainment Tonight and the like) attempt to suck in people. Unlike Entertainment Tonight though, Dirty Sexy Money left me without feeling guilty as I enjoyed the vapidness of the Darling family as it tortured Nick George, their dead lawyer's son played by Peter Krause of Six Feet Under fame.

In short, the idea of this rich, clueless-to-the-outside-world family making Nick George jump through hoops as he tries to keep his down-to-earth life intact is certainly of interest. However, I couldn't help but wonder during the premiere if I was just watching a basic cable, family-version of Entourage.