I struggled with what words to use to describe my feelings for THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA, premiering tonight on NBC after a special two hour AMERICA’S GOT TALENT finale (though, you wouldn’t know that unless you paid attention to the annoying and silent pop up things that appear during other shows, since NBC itself keeps saying it premieres NEXT week on 9/24…but I digress).  This image is all I could come up with**:

**What I’m really trying to say is don’t waste your time.  They don’t nail their theme, their tone, their hokey “working moms can have it all…in 1985 but set in the now times” mindset. Even Josh Lucas can’t save them. Just don’t.

But don’t fear, Messing-lovers.  There is a worse show out there….I’m looking at you, new FOX Comedy airing Sundays….