Shows to watch
- Titans
NBC, Wednesdays
at 8, premieres October 4 No one does fabulousness--think champagne
kisses and caviar dreams--quite like Aaron Spelling. And now, the master of over-the-top
TV is back and more campy than ever with an hourlong drama an outrageous family dynasty
conniving in another highly desirable zip code. If you thought Dynasty or Melrose Place were bad to
the bone, buckle your seat belt. Titans has mo' money, mo' sizzle, mo' sex, mo'
campy plotlines and mo' trouble brewing than Amanda Woodward plotting on a bad hair day. And you thought nothing could fill the void on Wednesday nights. In this prime-time celebration of cutthroat family values,
prodigal son and Top Gun fighter pilot Chandler Williams (Casper Van Dien) returns to the
family fold to join his father's multibillion-dollar corporation and meet dear old dad's
new fiancée, Heather (Yasmine Bleeth). Only--gasp!--it turns out a clueless Chandler already gave
the bride to-be a very warm Williams-family welcome (if you catch our drift) a few
months earlier while on leave in Hawaii. And that's just the show's first five minutes. Why It Works: Spelling understands a basic fact of life:
People without money want to believe that being rich is a huge pain in the ass. (If this
is not true, life really wouldn't be fair, and there'd be nothing good on TV.) And
as one of Hollywood's biggest moguls, Spelling is perfectly happy to perpetuate the myth
that million-dollar mansions equal Big Trouble. Plus, the fireworks between ex-wife Gwen (Victoria Principal) and
soon-to-be-bride Heather are bound to be fierce and fabulous. One actress is pure
old-school Spelling, an emblem of '80s excess. The other comes from the greatest
jigglefest not created by Spelling, Baywatch. We haven't been this excited
about a catfight since Krystle and Alexis took a tumble into the fishpond. Why You'll Love It: A Beverly Hills background, beautiful people, butlers, fast cars, fancy houses and outrageously bad behavior--what's not to love? Sure, it may not be Masterpiece Theater, but if watching this is wrong, we don't want to be right.
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