Review of McBride: Fallen Idol

John Larroquette used to be such a good actor. Full of life and expression. You know he hates this series. I think he never does anything in this series but read his lines flat to the camera like he'd seen them the first time. Or was just making them up to fill time. And that young partner looks so uncomfortable in corny old "cool" clothes. Nobody dresses like that any more. The client is, as always, held for no reason on no evidence. This is no CSI, but it's not even worthy of a Diagnosis Murder episode. And to come up with the same old "clues": "Let's look for a parking ticket. Yes! Now we've blown his alibi!". That was used by Matlock what, about ten times after the first year, when the initial writers left and they started running on autopilot. And Joh is the nominal director, so he shares the blame. Why doesn't he ask someone who writes mysteries to join the staff, or just to punch up the clue. Any mystery reader could tell them what's been done to death. Or sign up a few of Murder She Wrote's old writers. They had more going on in every quarter hour than this series does in two hours.