Chicago Tribune | by Tempo | Tue, Sep 25
Tue, Sep 25
For all its artful twists on the cop-procedural formula, the interesting "Raines" died a quick death last spring. So my hopes aren't high for "Life" (9 p.m. Wednesday, WMAQ-Ch. 5), a new NBC show with a very talented actor (Damian Lewis, “Band of Brothers”) in the role of a quirky...
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