Almost Human - Series Premiere - Preview

Almost Human premieres on November 17 and on its regular day Monday, November 18, 2013 on FOX.

I saw the premiere at NY Comic Con a couple of weeks ago and it's very very good.

Michael Ealy who plays the android Dorian was excellent. Unlike other robots in the future, Dorian's model tries to act as "human as possible" -- which really works on the screen. In the video below, Michael explains his approach to the character.

Karl Urban was also good -- and his rough edge really compliments well with Michael's likability on screen. My only concern is that the special effects and future concepts may be the show's undoing. We might get delays in between episodes and they may not pull off "what the future will be" if it doesn't look real enough on screen and in the script.

In the pilot, I found the villains to be the weakest link which I hope the show addresses in future episodes. Overall however, it is excellent and is a must see.

Almost Human and Sleepy Hollow is going to be a solid Monday combo for FOX.

Almost Human - Series Premiere - Preview

Michael Ealy approaches Dorian as human as possible, just pulling back on some of his reactions.

ALMOST HUMAN - Executive-produced by Emmy Award winner J.J. Abrams ("Fringe," "Lost," the "Star Trek" and "Mission: Impossible" franchises) and creator J.H. Wyman ("Fringe," "The Mexican") and starring Karl Urban ("Star Trek"), Michael Ealy ("Sleeper Cell," "Common Law") and Emmy Award nominee Lili Taylor ("Six Feet Under,"), ALMOST HUMAN is a high-tech, high-stakes action drama set 35 years in the future, when police officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids. An unlikely partnership is forged when a part-machine cop (Urban) is forced to pair with a part-human robot (Ealy) as they fight crime and investigate a deeper cover-up in a futuristic new world.