Talk to Me aired from April until May 2000 on ABC.
Janey ( Kyra Sedgwick) was a bubbly New York radio talk-show host given to manic activity and tight sweaters in this short-lived comedy.Her gang at WSJB included young co-host Rob ( David Newsom), a handsome chap who provided the "male perspective"; Marshall( Max Baker), the sound-effects guy and general kibitizer with a British accent; and Cam ( Mike Estime), the witty black producer. There was rowdy interplay between the four during the show, plus imput from guests such as Vampira and Gene Simmons ( of KISS), Psychologist Dr. Debra ( Beverly D'Angelo) was the stuck-up host of the conservative talk show scheduled after hers , and Sandy ( Peter Jacobson) was the wimpy station manager , who owed the job to the fact that he was the son of the owner.
After the show the gang generally hung out at Janey's apartment, where she lived with her cheerful but somewhat clueless sister Kat ( Nicole Sullivan).
A Review from The New York Times
TELEVISION REVIEW; Sex (and No Sex) and the Single Girl
By ANITA GATES
Published: April 11, 2000
There are a couple of things wrong with Janey Munro, New York single and heroine of ABC's ''Talk to Me,'' trying to get over her breakup with her boyfriend ''like a man'' (i.e., having meaningless casual sex). It's a direct steal from an episode of HBO's ''Sex and the City,'' in which Sarah Jessica Parker was a lot more believable.
And when Kyra Sedgwick, the normally likable actress who plays Janey, bursts into tears in bed with the man she has brazenly, flirtatiously picked up for the evening, she comes across as a perfect replica of Alex Forrest, Glenn Close's character in ''Fatal Attraction.'' Alex was a fine fictional invention but possibly not the best candidate for her own sitcom.
Janey is a successful talk-radio host surrounded by a gaggle of colorful male colleagues (one heartland-cute and boyish, one spectacled and British, one sensitive and black) and they all seem demographically contrived. Beverly D'Angelo's character -- a hostile Dr. Laura-inspired radio psychiatrist whose tag line is ''Get over your darned self'' -- is a more original idea, but in the first two episodes she's a one-note joke.
The show does offer some clever one-liners. Asked what her possible choices of dresses for a big event are ''saying,'' Janey responds, ''We are saying, 'I'm at the boring advertising party and I crave the sweet release of death.' ''
When a beautiful lesbian explains to her that straight women aren't as adept as gay ones at kissing, Janey realizes, ''So if I could bring your powers to my people. . . '' But the jokes rarely soar, maybe because they don't seem to come from character.
With one exception: Nicole Sullivan, who plays Janey's animal-loving sister, Kat, is fantastically funny. Ms. Sullivan, who comes from Fox's late-night sketch show ''Mad TV,'' plays clueless innocence with such lovable authenticity that she makes a line like ''It's just that I'm not a one-dog dog'' hysterical; think of her as the anti-Dharma (as in ''Dharma and Greg''). If a new series can succeed on the strength of a supporting character (''Will and Grace'' comes to mind), ''Talk to Me'' may have a chance.
TALK TO ME
ABC, tonight at 9:30
(Channel 7 in New York)
For the series: Suzanne Martin, executive producer; Kyra Sedgwick, Suzan Bymel and Evelyn O'Neill, co-executive producers; Julie Goodman, producer. For the premiere: Ms. Martin and Vic Kaplan, executive producers; written by Ms. Martin; Michael Lembeck, director; Ms. Goodman, producer. Produced by Hostage Productions in association with Touchstone Television Productions.
WITH: Kyra Sedgwick (Janey Munro), Beverly D'Angelo (Dr. Debra), David Newsom (Rob), Nicole Sullivan (Kat), Peter Jacobson (Sandy), Max Baker (Marshall) and Mike Estime (Cam).
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