http://www.rhinocity.net/rhinocity/single/two-new-sitcoms-one-of-them-is-really-bad/ I watched the premieres of a couple of the freshman fall sitcoms. First, the kinda OK one. Back To You I love Frasier and I’m seriously in like with Everybody Loves Raymond, mostly because of Raymond not Patricia Heaton.  Back To You is neither of those shows, which is a disappointment though not surprising; the commercials weren’t all that good. My first thought: “Look, Frasier’s on the news.” I suppose the hazard of playing the same character (even one as great as Frasier) for twenty years is obvious. It’s hard not to see Frasier whenever Grammar’s on the screen.  He sounds like Frasier, he dispenses advice like Frasier, all he needs is to do to complete the illusion is punctuate his sentences with “I’m listening” and I won’t be able to get past it.  Luckily Frasier is funny and I don’t mind more of him. My second thought: “Look, Mrs. Raymond’s on the news.” Without Marie across the street, you realize something about Patricia Heaton: she’s kind of annoying. She’s not awful, but she’s not great either. The show itself is rather bland. Easy, obvious jokes, only a couple of which are all that clever. The characters, for the… en-us kifwalu@gmail.com Copyright 2007 2007-09-22T19:46:01-07:00