She's somewhat amazed by his nonexistent love life. In April, this show did a thorough, conscientious job of analyzing media coverage of partial-birth abortions. It found that both sides stretched the truth, but that there was a definite media tendency to accept the pro-choice version. The analysis was incisive yet fair. Other segments examined The Wall Street Journal editorial page, its famously pitiless leadership of conservative opinion and the increasing tendency in print media to alter photographs for dramatic effect by digital technology.
Matters is TV that matters.
L.A. is gritty with a solid cast of experienced pros and lots of ironic dialogue. One episode focuses on the coroner's cops who are very busy in this palmy metropolis with bodies of kids uncovered in the Hollywood hills and distraught moms of missing children trying to get information, while the docs and officers try coping with their home lives and personal problems. One killer is a young mom shooting her own kids. Maybe it's all too grim for Saturday night. Don't think so.