Starz has put out a 30 second teaser for its upcoming hour-long drama, simply titled Boss. The series is set to premiere in October of this year and stars Kelsey Grammar and Connie Nielsen. I can’t think of another movie or TV show that Grammer has been in that he got to play a straight up dramatic role. From the brief look the teaser gives us, his character looks cutthroat; not someone to be messing with.
Grammer plays the mayor of Chicago, Tom Kane, who has just discovered he a degenerative mental condition. Being a man of power, he doesn’t want this news getting out. His two advisers (played by Kathleen Robertson and Martin Donovan) aren’t about to stick their noses in his business and he hasn’t told his wife (played by Nielsen). The only person capable of figuring out Kane’s secret is his daughter Emma (Hannah Ware). If played out well, this set up could be very captivating to watch.
The pilot episode will be directed by Gus Van Sant, who directed the Academy Award-winning biopic, Milk. I’m surprised at how curious I am to see Kelsey Grammer playing a role like this. After years of basically only seeing him in Frasier and X-Men: The Last Stand, it will be incredibly odd to see him so serious. Just seeing his face in the teaser is enough to know not to mess with this guy. I didn’t know Grammer had that fierceness in him. It could be worth checking out when October rolls around.
