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At the start of the pilot episode of "Back to You", we're in Pittsburgh-1996, at a news desk on New Year's Eve where anchorwoman Kelly Carr (Patricia Heaton) says goodbye to her partner of six years, Chuck Darling (Kelsey Grammar). Sportscaster Marsh McGinley (Fred Willard) is also there. 10 years later, Darling is in L.A. and-as revealed on YouTube-commits a profanity-laced blooper on live television. Now, he's back at his old station where he reunites with McGinley and Carr. It's an uneasy one with the latter. There's also a young news director who previously worked the news' online division (Josh Gad), a Hispanic weathergirl who prefers to be called a meteorologist-even though she's not really one (Ayda Field), and a reporter who wants to be anchorman so he can avoid going on camera in front of empty buildings in bad weather (Ty Burrell). There's also a twist at the end that I hope doesn't dominate the series premise throughout the season. Nice chemistry between pros Grammar, Heaton, and Willard and the rest of the supporting cast with a special mention of Burrell whom I previously liked on "Out of Practice". Pretty funny pilot that I hope leads to more hilarious episodes and better ratings for this Fox sitcom.

Sitcom legends Kelsey Grammar (Cheers, Frasier) and Patricia Heaton (Raymond) return to the genre with this newsroom comedy that sadly was a victim of the 07/08 writers strike and didn't make it beyond its first series.

It was/still is a terrible shame, because episodes like this pilot show a lot of potential.

There's a lot of laughs to be had here, and the leads are backed up by a strong supporting cast, many of whom have gone onto bigger things.

This is a strong first episode.