Frivolous

TNT rolled out a new legal show called Franklin & Bash the other night, of which there is nothing much to say. (Unfortunately, TNT’s best drama, Men of a Certain Age, showed that it’s a very old-skewing show, which is not surprising in view of its subject matter, but doesn’t bode well for its future. It’s another reminder, as with The Good Wife, that the stereotype of older-skewing shows being bland and unchallenging is often quite wrong.) The one thing I can think of to mention is the title, another title that has the character with more syllables going first. Starsky goes before Hutch. Rizzoli goes before Isles. Turner before Hooch. If it’s a cop or legal story, the cop – or canine cop – with a one-syllable name will go second.