SERIES PREMIERE: Denis Leary’s new FX series, after the terrific Rescue Me, allows him to hit the same strong suits he explored on that firefighting series: the close-quarters camaraderie of guys when they tease and irritate one another, and the often very different perspectives and approaches of men and women in both professional and personal circumstances. In this new series, Leary plays Johnny Rock, a once, and briefly, famous rock singer, John Corbett plays his former lead guitarist, and former Nickelodeon sitcom actress Elizabeth Gillies plays the daughter Johnny didn’t know he had – who emerges, at age 21, to reunite her dad’s band and pay them to put her front and center as its lead singer. The premise is good, the music is too, and the acting’s a delight. For a full review, see Bianculli’s Blog.

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