Since its debut last year, A&E's 'The Glades' has enjoyed the distinction (with me) of starring The Most Annoying Character on Television.

A lot of people agreed with me, but a suprisingly larger number of viewers found Detective Jim Longworth (Matt Passmore, left) to be funny or cute, and the show was a solid success for the network.

I even checked back in later during the first season, but unfortunately, it was a really horrible episode in which Longworth was trying to solve a case while Miami was in the middle of a Category 4 hurricane (at least one reader also hated that episode). I didn't last. Awful stuff.

But then I read a review last week that said 'The Glades' had really toned down the obnoxiousness of the Longworth character, and that he wasn't nearly as insufferable and grating as before.

I'm predisposed to loving cop shows, so when one shows up in the mail, I'm already at least half way to liking it before I even watch.

I had very high hopes for A&E's new scripted drama, "Glades," which premieres Sunday night. It's set just outside Miami, it features a boyishly handsome crime fighter, and the dvd came in a cute orange-shaped, orange-scented box. I'm at around 80% at this point.

Then I met Det. Jim Longworth (Matt Passmore), quite possibly the most annoying person on television. A character so annoying, I don't even think he'd be welcome on USA Network.