What you should be watching tonite: ELI STONE

We are pretty sure tonite's premiere of ELI STONE, starring Johnny Lee Miller (and with cameos by George Michael) won't be disappointing. In fact, we think it's going to be the hottest mid-season replacement in recorded history. ;)

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Considering the number of hallucinations Eli Stone has, maybe they should have added a "d" to his last name. But no, Stone, a high-powered San Francisco lawyer, owes his unique visions to a freaky brain aneurysm which, of course, is inoperable. With "Eli Stone," Greg Berlanti's Midas touch -- he already has two other shows on ABC, "Brothers & Sisters" and "Dirty Sexy Money" -- is very much in evidence. His new series is more quietly manipulative and less dramatically satisfying than the others, yet Berlanti and co-writer Marc Guggenheim have no trouble creating enough moments to propel the series straight to viewers' hearts....The premise in the pilot introduces Stone, played by amiable Jonny Lee Miller, as a lion in the legal arena but a kitty cat in his personal life. Even so, he's engaged to fetching Taylor Wethersby (Natasha Henstridge), a fellow lawyer in the firm and the daughter of the senior partner, artfully played by Victor Garber. His delusions begin with the sound of organ music and then, later, a rendition of "Faith" by George Michael in a guest role. Shortly thereafter, Stone is visited in real life by a single mother who claims that a preservative in her son's vaccine made him autistic. She wants Stone to sue the pharmaceutical company, which happens to be a client of the firm. [reuters]