Kelsey Grammer ("Frasier") and Patricia Heaton ("Everybody Loves Raymond") made their return to primetime on Fox's new show "Back to You" last Wednesday. Both play anchors on a local TV network. The humorous plot point the show is based on is that Grammer's character, Chuck Darling, had left the network 10 years before for a national position, but due to a scandal where he cursed several times on air, he was forced to return and "humble" himself. A man who orders the station's news director to park his car truly needs humbling. Unfortunately, Heaton's character, Kelly Carr, had already positioned herself as the celebrity of the network and with Darling's return she feels like she's been demoted. Being the control freak and overly tense woman that she is, he could push her over the edge.
The overall dialog is pretty funny. If you're into mature humor, similar to the kind that Grammer has delivered before in "Frasier" and "Cheers," than you'll find this show hilarious. Supporting actors Fred Willard ("Everybody Loves Raymond"), Ty Burrell ("Out of Practice"), Ayda Field ("Studio 60") and newbie Ryan Church have perfect comic timing to keep up with him. But what really saved the pilot episode was the unexpected twist. It turns out Darling and Carr had a one-night stand before he left for the big time, and Carr just so happens to have a 10-year-old daughter who she claims to have conceived through a sperm donor. Once Darling meets his kid, you could see a flicker of possibility that maybe this egotistical Lothario could one day change for his daughter's sake.
I'll give it one more episode, before I officially decide to add it to my personal TV guide.
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