8-9PM · THE CW · Debuts Oct. 5
CONCEPT
The Valentines — a family of Greek gods living in L.A. — help earthbound
soul mates find each other.
THE SCOOP
That psycho stalker artist from Dexter, Jaime Murray, plays, ironically
enough, Aphrodite. Kristoffer Polaha (Miss Guided) is her son, Eros,
known best in Greek myths for his mischievous bow and arrow. ''Of course
now he's upgraded to a Walther PPK,'' explains producer Kevin Murphy.
''But it has the same power to make people fall in lust.'' Other gods — from
Dionysus posing as a reformed-alcoholic barkeep to Poseidon as a movie
mogul — also make appearances. Murphy stresses the Valentines are no
toga-wearing deities. ''They're like regular people, but it's sort of
like The Matrix, where you can tell who the special people are because
they dress more fabulously than the mortals.''
BOTTOM LINE
Murphy was a Desperate Housewives writer, so he knows how to do arch,
heightened-reality comedy — which is good, because this cutesy premise
needs a feather-light touch.
