Grade: B+ | Genre: Drama/Comedy
Summary: Love Monkey is a solid drama with the comedic bite we've come to expect from Cavanagh. While it's really too early in the game to be making sweeping predictions, I'm excited about the possibilities Love Monkey brings to the table. It is a sharp, funny dramedy that takes on the single man's quarter life crisis with wit and style.

The horses are officially out of the gate, and the offerings of the new television season have been busted up thoroughbreds at best. They are employing lots of formula, much aping of what has attracted advertising dollars in the past, and pretty much lacking any semblance of vision or heart. Granted asking the big 5 networks to be innovative is like asking Oprah to swear off chocolate cake. Everyone knows that cable networks are truly where it's at for savvy, cutting edge programming. Don't believe me? Look at Fox ditching its one great show, Arrested Development, because they don't know how to market it. All the while, Showtime sits in the wings, licking its chops, purged in wait to pounce on the quirky comedy. It's truly a pathetic state of affairs. It's tough to go into Love Monkey with anything other than a healthy touch of skepticism. Loosely based on Kyle Smith's novel, bearing the same name, Love Monkey stars Tom Cavanagh (Ed) as single guy Tom Farrell who has hit on a rancid streak of bad luck. Within the span of a day, he fumbles his job and loses the naked rights to his girlfriend. Now granted, he worked for a soul stealing, lecherous major record label, and his girlfriend was fruitier than one of Gwyneth Paltrow's children, but sometimes it can be hard to see the forest for the trees. Ah but I'm getting ahead of myself.