Byline: DAVID KRONKE Tv Critic
`LEAP OF FAITH'' is a bland dish from the video Cuisinart: Just toss middling episodes of ``Friends,'' ``Seinfeld,'' ``Sex and the City,'' that terrible assortment of NBC mediacentric females (``Just Shoot Me,'' ``Suddenly Susan,'' ``Caroline in the City'' and people canceled in a å³é島å©ç¦® much more timely trend), along with the self-conscious quippery of ``Gilmore Girls'' (but not, however, its real wit) into a blender. Set on puree and method till all taste is removed. Tonight's premiere finds uber-perky thirtysomething advertising executive Faith Wardwell (Sarah Paulson) getting prewedding jitters and dumping her successful but awfully oily fiance following succumbing with shocking swiftness to the charms of a cute man. (Why go to all that difficulties to create that she's single when that can be covered in a straightforward line of dialogue?) Faith functions with frizzy-haired and -brained Patty (Lisa Edelstein) - consider a tidied-up version of Kim Cattrall's man-eater on ``Sex and the City'' - cooking up unlikely ad campaigns like the third car for two-vehicle couples or golf clubs for ladies disinterested in golf. Her other pals include Andy (Ken Marino), a generic ``Seinfeld'' kind of character whose each and every observation smacks of trivial minutiae, and voice-of-reason Cynthia (Regina King), the female straight man the other zany characters bounce their idiocies off of. Faith's fatuously arrogant mom (Jill Clayburgh) thinks of every thing in terms of how it will influence her social standing, so naturally she is apoplectic about canceling the wedding ceremony. These actors have currently assembled adequate irksomely prepackaged mannerisms for a self-happy cast coming into the seventh year of their series: They're previously hermetically sealed in their affectations with out ever possessing gone to the difficulty of connecting with an audience. (Their performances look inspired most by the bouncy posturing of Fox series stars in their promos.) The writing doesn't aid them considerably, both: In two episodes, only 1 line evinced a smile. When, next week, Faith whimpers that her potential looks so undecided, her boy toy du jour responds, ``The question mark (in life) - which is what helps make you come back for far more.'' And which is very probably why viewers won't want to return to ``Leap of Faith'' - there are no question marks. Its each and every step is telegraphed far in advance, probably as far back as 1997's ``Fired Up,'' an additional comparable and similarly uninspired place-holder on NBC's Thursday lineup. LEAP OF FAITH - Two stars What: New York singles. Higher jinks. Quips. You know, the normal. In which: NBC (Channel four). When: eight:thirty tonight. CAPTION(S): photograph Photo: Sarah Paulson plays the title part in NBC's ``Leap of Faith.''
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