SERIES PREMIERE: The first three episodes of this new drama series with music premiere today, with the remainder arriving once weekly on subsequent Fridays. It’s about Bess, a young singer-songwriter trying to make it in New York. Bess is played by Brittany O’Grady, who already played one aspiring singer in Star – but here, she has a behind-the-scenes advantage or two. The songs sung and allegedly written by Bess actually are composed by Sara Bareilles, who produces this series along with Jessie Nelson (Bareilles’ collaborator on the successful Broadway musical adaptation of Waitress) and J.J. Abrams. Abrams, of course, began his career by charting the dreams and lives of young protagonists, from Felicity to Alias. Basically, Alias was Felicity as a spy – and it’s not so hard to imagine Little Voice as Felicity as a singer. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

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