SERIES PREMIERE: ABC presented a sneak preview of this Canadian import on Monday, but
Motive has its official series premiere tonight – which, not coincidentally, is the day after the end of the May ratings sweeps. Obviously, ABC doesn’t have too much faith in this new police drama, which stars Kristin Lehman, and comes from
Dexter and
The Mentalist producer Daniel Cerone. The gimmick of
Motive is that we see the killer, and the murder, before Lehman’s investigator arrives on the scene. It’s a new spin on the old, brilliantly inventive
Columbo formula, and you can decide for yourself whether
Motive lives up to that inspiration. If ABC thought so, this show would have been held for fall. For a full review, see Ed Bark's
Uncle Barky's Bytes.