REVIEWS | CBS' "BRAM AND ALICE"
(Oct. 6, 2002)

"He's a jerk, she wants to be his princess, blah, blah, blah. It's predictable tripe, a half-hour show that feels endless."

"(Alfred) Molina simply doesn't have the right touch to carry a TV comedy."

The writers seem not to realize "that the character of the compulsive womanizer ... has lost some of its charm since the days of those old Rock Hudson and Doris Day movies."

"Playing Bram with the slimy charm of a '30s B-movie leading man, Molina does the unheard-of in a network sitcom: He creates a character that's a little different."

"Only (Anna Nicole Smith's) E! reality series, an all-time benchmark for horrendous television, keeps 'Bram and Alice' from being branded as the worst new series of the year."

"It is not smarmy and it is funny. The premise just sounds creepy."

"The unfunny bits just pile up on top of one another to the point where you're not entirely sure why you don¹t like what you¹re seeing and hearing, you just know you have a sour taste in your mouth and an even more sour look on your face."

"In a sense, Sunday's premiere is an example of a 'Frasier'-ian farce carried too far."

"Building a comedy night with 'Bram and Alice' and 'Becker' as the foundation is like constructing condos on quicksand."