Henry Lee
Created by John Wirth

The Law and Mr. Lee, a TV show tentatively scheduled for the 2003 season but so far unaired, focuses on an Oakland-based private eye HENRY LEE, played by Danny Glover. Lee's is a former Oakland police officer who spent 18 months in prison for "protecting a fellow officer" (that's a crime?) upon his release he becomes a private detective.

The show will supposedly deal with "fictional community crime issues." By community I assume they mean "black," but who knows? Anything would be better than Nash Bridges.

One of the promising aspects of this show -- besides the fact Glover's just a rock-solid actor -- is that Easy Rawlins' creator, Walter Mosley, is one of the producers. That could be a very good thing. But Aaron Spellings' another of the producers -- that's not so hot. If Mr. Lee drives starts driving around the Bay Area in a shiny red vintage car and gets a secretary who wears bikinis to the office, we'll know who to blame.

So far, a pilot has been filmed.

TELEVISION

• THE LAW AND MR. LEE
  (2003, CBS)
  Writers: John Wirth, Edward Bernero
  Director: Kevin Sullivan
  Producers: Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, John Wirth, Kevin Sullivan, Arnold Rifkin, Walter Mosley, Danny Glover, Karen Moore, Paul Marks, Fred Blankfein
  Starring Danny Glover, D.B. Woodside, Bill Smitrovich, Rosanna Arquette, A. Martinez, Frances Lee McCain, Gina Torres, Tina Lifford, Conor Dubin, Tamara Mello, Tequan Richmond, Domenique Lozano.

Preliminary report respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.