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I just got done watching the pilot for the show, NUMB3RS. The always lovely Sabrina Lloyd was in it. I have a Tivo Wishlist set up for shows she’s in, so Tivo was kind enough to record it for me.

OK, first things first, the name is just God awful. Seriously, that alone almost guarantees this thing won’t make it past a half a dozen episodes. And, it is pretty clearly trying really hard to follow the CSI formula for TV. I can almost hear the pitch meetings now — it’s like CSI, but math instead of science. The premise feels pretty thin even for a single two hour movie, so I just can’t see them stretching it out for an entire TV series.

All that said, I did sort of just barely like the pilot episode. There are a lot of known names involved with this thing including Rob Morrow (Northern Exposure), Peter MacNicol (Ally McBeal), Judd Hirsch (Taxi) and Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) to say nothing of the always lovely Sabrina Lloyd.

I doubt it will last very long, but there’s never much good to watch on Fridays anyway, so I’ll watch the next one and see if it gets better or worse. My money’s firmly in the worse camp.

Man, NUMB3RS — what a stupid name.