Memorable

Shot in NY through the new the new sony Pictures Television in colaboration with CBS Television Art galleries. Executive producers, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Erection dysfunction Redlich, John Bellucci co-executive producer, Merrill Karpf producer, Niels Arden Oplev director, Oplev authors, Redlich, Bellucci good short story by John Robert Lennon.Barbara Wells - Poppy Montgomery Al Burns - Dylan Walsh Mike Costello - Michael Gaston Roe Saunders - Kevin Rankin Nina Inara - Daya Vaidya CBS moved "The Truly Amazing Wife" to produce way of "Memorable," as well as in writing (or otherwise, a criminal offence blotter), it's a solid wager. Because the net's most-respected drama had clearly assigned out ratings-wise Tuesdays, this "The Mentalist"-like procedural has greater possible ways to extend the vibe established with the "NCIS" block into the 10 p.m. hour. Star Poppy Montgomery can be a trifle uneven inside the lead, there's however enough intrigue all over the real-if-rare condition/ability she offers -- namely, remembering everything -- to provide the show an opportunity to consider root. Barring that, how can "NCIS: Memorable" appear? An ex-cop (could they be not every?), Montgomery's Barbara Wells has already established refuge in Queens, where she pays the financial obligations by utilizing her unusual talent to count cards while gambling, and does penance with Alzheimer's patients. Soon, though, she's utilized by her ex-partner and former lover Al (Dylan Walsh) to assist him in considering the dying from the girl almost literally at her doorstep. In conjuction with the requirement of visual gimmickry throughout these designs, Barbara "sees" into her own memory, enabling her to reunite dots in precise detail. However, there's one blank place: She can't remember anything about her sister's murder throughout her childhood, delivering a thread that might be taunted out and returned to around future episodes. Of course, it's all regulated controlled a roundabout way to make a cop dynamic while using poorest of twists -- what plays as being a polished procedural, after some more character -- additionally to built-in romantic tension involving the leads. Besides, cops who lack some form of extra edge or high-tech wrinkle are very, if memory serves, 1999. Concerning the lower side, the very first situation inside the pilot put together by Erection dysfunction Redlich and John Bellucci isn't particularly inspired, and doesn't provide Walsh much to accomplish. That leaves Montgomery to take care of herself, despite the fact that she was fine in supporting duty on "Without any Trace" and does swell products to some black clothes, it's unclear when the star gets the kind of presence necessary to hold centerstage in the way, say, Dana Delany does on ABC's "Body of Proof," that is her not-different time-period rival. Still, "Memorable" certainly lands squarely within CBS' rut, and it has the network upside. If possibly the reveal was, well, a bit more memorable.Camera, Cort Fey production designer, Vincent Peranio editor, Victor Dubois music, Jacob Groth casting, Gary M. Zuckerbrod, Suzanne Ryan. 60 MIN. Contact John Lowry at john.lowry@variety.com