Nashville
Wednesdays at 10 on ABC

There have already been several pretty good dramas debuting this fall -- "Last Resort," "Vegas" and "Elementary" are a few.

None of them come close to ABC's "Nashville." "Nashville" is simply great. 

The series, debuting tonight at 10, stars Connie Britton ("Friday Night Lights," "American Horror Story") as cash-strapped Rayna Jaymes, a fading country star fighting to revitalize her waning career. The current center of the Nashville universe happens to be young Juliette Barnes (played by Hayden Panettiere from "Heroes"), a hateful, manipulative little schemer who out-draws and out-sells Rayna to the point that Rayna's own record company is ready to toss her away.

It gets nasty, folks.

Blondes may have more fun, but all the hussies in "Unanswered Prayers" (Lifetime, 9 tonight) are brunette.

I'm pretty sure there's no subliminal message there because this isn't that kind of movie. Based on the song by executive producer Garth Brooks, the movie is a straightforward account of small town living, lost love, and family. And that's the problem; it's sweet, but just not as emotional and effective as it means to be.

The film centers on Ben Beck (Eric Close), the high school football hero who now works as a contractor with his wife and her family. He's known his wife Lorrie (Samantha Mathis), forever, and he loves her; their marriage is happy. They have a teenage son who also plays football; dad's forced it a bit, seeing it as a way to a college scholarship.