Good news for those who are missing Judging Amy : CBS has filled its time slot with a show that should hit the spot. Close to Home is a cross between a legal drama and a crime procedural featuring a tough yet sensitive female prosecutor; it's Law & Order: The Suburbs.
Jennifer Finnigan stars as Annabeth Chase, who's returning to work in the prosecutor's office after 12 weeks of maternity leave (the baby is, of course, adorable); the promotion she thought was hers has been given to her office rival Maureen (Kimberly Elise), and their boss Steve (John Carroll Lynch) is skeptical about Annabeth's ability to balance work and her new status as a mom.
Annabeth will be prosecuting the crimes that take place in the seemingly quiet streets of neighborhoods just like her own (and by extension, just like The Target Audience's own); in the first episode, she's filing arson charges against a woman who lives just six blocks away, a woman who apparently set her house on fire with her children still inside.
Finnigan is immensely likable (I adored her in the flop sitcom Committed earlier this year), and she's much better than the show she's stuck in, which is standard-issue crime drama. I think the show will do just fine with the 30+ female audience it's going after, and I continue to look forward to the day when Finnigan gets the big success she deserves in a show worth watching.
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