Do I Love Monkey? Meh.

"Meh" is about the most insightful thing I have to say about Love Monkey after watching the two episodes that have aired so far. It's not a bad show, but it's not particularly good, either. Which is too bad, as the set-up - Tom Cavanagh plays an A&R guy who is transitioning from a large label to an indie - is a nice break from the crime procedurals that clutter up the prime time landscape.

But I'm not sure this is going anywhere. The music-related subplots are OK - the first was a Jerry Maguire-inspired dash to sign a new talent, the most recent involved getting a star from Tom's old label to play a benefit sponsored by his new one - but there's a fakeness to it. I think it's the musician cameos, which seek stuck in to draw viewers. The second episode had both Ben Folds and LeAnn Rimes in very small speaking parts that had nothing to do with the show (outside, I suppose, showing that Tom knows all these big names).

That and Tom's apparent genius seems a little suspect to me. Take the last episode. The pop star wants to play one of her own songs at the benefit - an awful dirge called "My Inner Pain." She first plays this at a studio while interrupting a session with the hot new talent. To me the answer seems obvious - get the new kid, who says he's a fan of the pop star, to work with her. But when this eventually happens, it's hailed as visionary.

Perhaps I just watch too much TV and could see it coming.

The supporting cast is good but unexciting. There are some recognizable names among them (Jason Priestly, Larenz Tate, and Jane Greer most notably), but none of them have had much of anything interesting to do. Though there is promise in the friend who is a former baseball player turned sportscaster. At the end of the pilot he's seen bringing flowers and wine to someone's house - a male someone's house.

(Insert your own Mike Piazza joke here.)

Of course, this show may not last long enough for us to see how this - or anything else - plays out. We can only hope, given the likelihood of CSI: Bozeman if this doesn't get picked up for next season.