‘Dirty Sexy Money’ is Rich

Rest easy Dirty Sexy Money fans. ABC has picked up the Peter Krause drama for a full season, making the net three for three with its Wednesday night lineup of new series (Private Practice and Pushing Daisies have already been picked up). In addition, Lolita Davidovich will be joining on as a recurring love interest for uber-rich patriarch Tripp Darling.

Between middle-of-the-road ratings, mixed reviews and the writers strike, I’d feared we’d lose the Darlings before finding out who killed dear-old Dutch. And that’s pretty amazing.

If you had told me that come Thanksgiving, my favorite new show would be ‘Money,’ I’d have laughed my head off. Peter Krause is great, but no way does his silly-soap stand a chance against the awesome pilots of Chuck or Reaper. Better than Bionic Woman you say? Higher on the list than ultra-hyped Pushing Daisies?

Well, ‘Reaper’ and ‘Chuck’ are fun, but badly repetitive and suffering from an agonizing inability to evolve. ‘Bionic Woman’ took a terrific tumble and has descended into agony that needs plug-pulling, post haste. And let’s not even talk ‘Daisies.’ It was downright rotten from the get.

In comparison, I’m loving the Darlings right now. I totally want ‘twintuition’ (if I had a twin). I love the selective use of religion exercised by the good Reverend (getting his bastard child to lie about being a Swedish orphan). And I actually feel kind of bad for Patrick’s unrequited-tranny-romance (what does it say about the state of American politics when a politician can’t cheat on his wife with a tranny). And of course, there’s Peter Krause. Half the time he’s on screen, I’m dreaming blissfully of Six Feet Under, haphazardly trying to follow him along on ‘whodunit’ trail.

So yeah, I’m thrilled it got a back-nine pickup. If you don’t like it, sue the Darlings. I’m too poor.