| The Chicago Tribune caught up with Chi McBride and this is what he had to say:
“Chicago actor Chi McBride admitted he almost cried when ABC yanked “The Nine” — a drama about hostages in a botched bank robbery — after just a few episodes last fall. The network finally began airing the remaining shows earlier this month. McBride has a theory for why the show, which was lauded by the critics, didn’t work. “We just doled out too little information over the course of the season — we should have been quicker,” the actor told us when we caught up with him in Los Angeles last week. “Plus, I really think that after 9/11, our viewing habits changed. Do you really want to be trapped in a bank for an hour with a gun to your head? It was a hard sell.”
McBride finds himself in a familiar position this fall. Buzz is building around his new ABC show, “Pushing Daisies,” which also stars Lee Pace as a man who can wake the dead with a touch. There’s a comic book in the works should things take off. And, again, critics like it. “Where have I heard that before?” McBride asked.” |