I don't have cable, but if I did, I can tell you what I'd be watching Monday night on TNT: Trust Me, a new drama/comedy set at a large Chicago ad agency based on the very place I work. I was lucky enough to preview the first two episodes and attend a lunchtime meet and greet with Monica Potter on Friday; she plays an award-winning yet highly insecure divorcee/copywriter on an otherwise all-male creative team.The real Monica Potter is nothing like her character; she's a down-to-earth mother of three eager to dish off-the-record about the foibles of raising two teenage boys and a 3-year-old girl with a roomful of female bloggers.
As a female copywriter at a large advertising agency, folks want to know if I think Trust Me has any basis in reality. To which I'd reply yes, as much as any TV show is an accurate representation of life on the job. It's a glamorized, simplified version of what I do that highlights only the interesting bits. Just as the nail-biting moments on The Shield (my current addiction) and The Wire are probably based in truth, the reality of being a police officer probably includes a lot more interviewing of pickpocket victims and filling out of paperwork. But really, who wants to watch episode in which everyone attends a process meeting or brainstorms 25 ways to say "Now more absorbent than ever?"
4 comments:
I was surprised that you didn't have cable. Does that mean that you don't get "Discovery", National Geographic, Animal Channel, etc. or do you mean that you don't get the pay channels like HBO and Showtime? Cable has wonderful shows on that are really interesting for children.....plus adults! To me, just my opinion, but networks do not have great shows on them.gso
We get the absolute bare bones less than $10 a month cable. Just network reception, basically. Until they offer a channel by channel a la carte system, even with the most basic plan we'd be getting ten times the channels we want. And frankly, the lack of cable news in the house saves us more than just a few bucks - it saves us our souls!
I'd heard of that show and will def. have to check it out. Working for an agency myself, it will be fun to see how it's played out.
My husband DVR'd this show and watched it last night. He wouldn't talk to me about it today until after I watched it because he wanted my raw opinion of it. We LOVE Tom Cavanaugh (we were big "Ed" fans) and can't wait to see what the show has to offer. Guess I better go watch it while my hubbie is at the Pacers game tonight. I'll leave another comment after I watch giving you my "raw" opinion as he put it. How cool that you got to meet someone on the show!
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