HEARTBREAKER (NBC)

Based on the real life and achievements of Dr. Kathy Magliato, this unique character-driven medical drama follows Dr. Alex Panttiere (Melissa George, “The Slap”), an outspoken, world-renowned heart transplant surgeon, one of the few women in her field. Stubborn and fearless, Alex always operates on her own terms. She revels in a racy personal life that’s a full-time job in itself, manages the daily demands of skeptical faculty and dutiful interns, and pushes the boundaries of medical science to impressive new heights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdltR_-rvY

Melissa George has seemingly been on the verge of blowing up for well over a decade now but all of the vehicles that were supposed to get her star to rise never seemed to pan out…and I hate to be a pessimist but HEARTBREAKER doesn’t look like the one that will change things either. This medical drama is like a patchwork quilt of every medical drama trope of the past 25 years and I just groaned after each one appeared on screen. And the way NBC seems to be positioning it as “The New ER!” doesn’t do it any favors either because all it does is cause comparisons to that acclaimed show that HEARTBREAKER is woefully ill equipped to stand up to.

ROSEWOOD (FOX)

From executive producer Todd Harthan (“Psych,” “Dominion”), ROSEWOOD is the story of DR. BEAUMONT ROSEWOOD, JR. (Morris Chestnut, “Nurse Jackie,” “The Best Man” franchise), the most brilliant private pathologist in Miami. Using his wildly sophisticated autopsy lab, he performs for-hire autopsies to uncover clues that the Miami PD can’t see. His new partner-in-crime is Detective VILLA (Jaina Lee Ortiz, “The After”), a Miami PD detective with attitude and demons to spare. While she’s impressed by Rosewood’s incredible abilities, his constant optimism is more annoying than it is infectious. But somehow, week-to-week, this unlikely tag team will solve many crimes together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhhYJXV508A

I would normally be happy to see Morris Chestnut back on TV but not in what basically looks like “Black Bones”, especially not when BONES is still clinging to life support on the same channel. Maybe its just me but I am pretty tired of the brilliant but socially awkward expert who teams up with an emotional and hot-headed police detective and does the “will they or won’t they” dance while solving crimes every week. And nothing in this trailer looks like it does anything new with the well worn premise.