Rosewood Sneak Peeks: A Medical Show With a Twist

Morris Chestnut will make his primetime debut in FOX’s new fall series Rosewood on Wednesday, September 23rd at 8 p.m. The series will be the lead-in to Fox’s smash Empire. The actor, who has been on everything from The Best Man movies to the recently released The ideal Guy to Nurse Jackie, is an endearing presence in everything hes in, and easily commands viewers attention.

So he teams up with Detective Annalise Villa, who has just returned to Miami after a stint in the NYPD. “Rosewood”, starring Morris Chestnut is a silly, comic-book version of a police procedural, with Chestnut starring as Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, a freelance pathologist. But somehow, week-to-week, this unlikely tag team will solve many crimes together.

Joining Rosewood in his practice are his sister and “toxicology queen”, Pippy (Gabrielle Dennis); and DNA specialist Tara Milly Izikoff aka TMI (Anna Konkle), who is Pippy’s fiancée. In the pilot, the case in question involves the mystery surrounding a womans death, as brought to Rosewoods attention by his mother Donna, played by Forevers Lorraine Toussaint.

On the positive side, kudos to Fox for “Rosewood’s” diverse cast, which the network clearly hopes will pair well with “Empire” at 9 p.m. The Miami backdrop also is nice, and Chestnut and Ortiz have a decent chemistry. Hornstock and Rosewood have a complicated relationship: while he can’t stand Rosewood’s big personality and sunny disposition, he acknowledges Rosewood’s stellar contributions to the department. Rosey has his own medical troubles, so he believes that every moment of life should be lived to the fullest. This heightened awareness allows him to see details on bodies that others can not .