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Tuned In Journal: 'Back' gets it right
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Chuck (Kelsey Grammer, L) and Kelly (Patricia Heaton, R) try to help Montana (Ayda Field, C) when she gets some bad news on "Back to You."

Tonight's "Back to You" got a few things pretty right. No, not the new station manager, who seemed more likely to work at a West Coast station than one in Pittsburgh, but other elements synced well with reality.

The plot of the episode had the new station manager (Suzy Nakamura) firing forecaster Montana (Ayda Field), a character we knew was about to depart the series. This episode sealed her fate.

Kelly (Patricia Heaton) warned Chuck (Kelsey Grammer) that Montana's replacement may not be much better.

"Remember Johnny Hail and his stupid puppet, the weather dragon?" Kelly said. Seems like that may be a nod to KDKA freelancer Dennis Bowman and his dummy, Chester Drawers, pictured here.

Later the station manager complained that Montana is a problem because she "can't pronounce the name of the river that flooded this week," a nice reference back to an earlier episode that featured Montana stumbling over "Monongahela."

Another moment that meshed well with Pittsburgh reality saw Chuck defending the station's ratings, saying, "We're No. 2 in women 54-to-80."

"Yes, you have them on the edge of their shower chairs," the station manager said.

Sometimes the truth hurts -- from laughing at it.

First published on May 7, 2008 at 9:34 pm
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