I have a confession.

I could only make it through the first two nights of the three night mini-series "Hatfields & McCoys" (starting 9 p.m. Monday, History Channel) and I skimmed the last hour and a half of those four hours.

That's not my way of telling you that the movie is bad. It's just my threshold of how much bleak, mindlness violence I can take.

Certainly, if you don't know the details of the feud between these families you know the broader story. The six-hour miniseries tells us the roots of the fighting that began with Devil Anse Hatfield (Kevin Costner) and Randall McCoy (Bill Paxton) and led to the massacre of family members on both sides across two states, international headlines and the intervention of the Supreme Court.

It's always inspiring to see great leadership; the kind that makes you feel you are in the presence of genius, that seems to cultivate creativity and inspire excellence.

Yes, Mickey Drexler I'm flattering you in an obvious attempt to get hired!

Call me shameless, but after you watch "J. Crew and the Man Who Dressed America" (10 p.m. Thursday and Sunday, CNBC), you'll be taken with Drexler too. The CEO and chairman of the brand is at the center of the well-done, enjoyable report by CNBC's David Faber.

Drexler is no one-hit wonder; the report shows that he has extensive retail experience. His background includes stints at Bloomingdale's and Macy's, before revitalizing Ann Taylor and the Gap. Drexler was fired from the Gap after it grew too quickly and he lost control (the growing wasn't his idea), but J. Crew brought him on and Drexler turned it into a billion-dollar company and a transformed fashionable brand. That Vogue editor Anna Wintour is included in this report speaks volumes.

Watching "Men At Work" (10 tonight, TBS) made me think about TNT's "Men of a Certain Age," a show I adored.

But I wasn't thinking fondly. I was thinking how "Men of a Certain Age" was funny and nuanced and sophisticated and had grown men in it. "Men At Work" however, wasn't all that funny, is as subtle as a hammer to the head, and while the men involved are grown, they act like overgrown kids.

The manchildren in question work at a magazine; Milo (Danny Masterson) has been dumped and his friends are trying to help him get his groove back. There's Gibbs, (James Lesure), a photographer and ladies man; Tyler (Michael Cassidy), a somewhat more refined features writer; and Neal (Adam Busch), their nerdy friend with a girlfriend.

The appetite for the buddy cop genre is voracious or at least that's what TV folk seem to think. Certainly it's a fav of the USA network.

So the home of "Psych" and "White Collar" brings us "Common Law" (10 tonight, USA), a too cute, too blah show about police partners with a relationship so difficult the department sends them to couples therapy.

That's where we meet Travis (Michael Ealy) and Wes (Warren Kole); their therapist, Dr. Ryan (Sonya Walger), is having a session with them and other married couples. Naturally, there comes a point where they have to explain they aren't in that kind of partnership.

Summer memories and teen summer love have all the right elements necessary for a sappy movie. Happily, while "Kiss at Pine Lake" (8 tonight, Hallmark) is sappy it isn't unbearably so. Think of it as a summer lark.

The film tells the story of Luke and Zoe. We meet them as teens on the last day of camp; they've been flirting all summer. Just before Zoe's parents come to pick her up, the pair sneaks away to say goodbye. But before they get to share their first kiss, Zoe's dad calls her away. There is no next summer; eventually they lose touch.

Fifteen years later, Luke (Barry Watson) is an entrepreneur with a philanthropic bent; his best friend from camp Tommy (Matty Finochio) acts as his business manager and public face. Zoe (Mia Kirshner) is a standout employee at a development firm; she confides in her best friend from camp Erica (Victoria Bidewell). Both Luke and Zoe still think about the kiss that wasn't.

Mix "Iron Chef" with "Family Feud" and you've got "My Momma Throws Down" (8 tonight, TV One), a cooking competition show that pits everyday moms against one another. It makes for a tasty little show.

Hosted by comic/actor Ralph Harris, the show features two moms, nominated by a family member, competing in red or blue aprons and making a surprise dish, albeit one that might be found at any kitchen table. (In the first episode, it's squash casserole.) Judges taste the meal to anoint the top momma; on the first panel is noted food historian Jessica B. Harris and the sister trio from the fabulous 2000-2004 TV show "Soul Food"-- Vanessa Williams, Malinda Williams and Nicole Ari Parker.

Since my own beloved mutt Jazubee Yogi died (yes, that was really his name), I haven't owned another dog. The loss was too painful. This makes me a sucker for dog-centric movies.

"Duke" (8 tonight, Hallmark Channel) is a dog-centric movie and so, I liked it. But you unless you're dead inside you'd have to be moved by "Duke." The dog is good and the main human performance is really good.

It's the "inspired by true events" story of Terry Pulaski (Steven Weber), a  proud Marine who, when the story opens, has been badly injured but still helps to return to his military duties. Unfortunately, not only do his injuries prevent that, but Terry also has a bad case of post-tramautic stress disorder.

I have a running joke with a friend; we agree that if things don't work out in this journalism racket, we see our futures at Costco.

After watching "The Costco Craze" (9 tonight, CNBC), I think we need to get serious. This interesting report, reported by Carl Quintanilla, reveals a company with the kind of culture employees crave and a commitment to the kind of excellence that makes $93 billion in annual sales an understandable number.

Quintanilla explains the psychology behind members commitment to the warehouse. The store is designed to make you roam the aisles, and pick up more than you came for. And while Walmart offers 100,000 items on its shelves, Costco offers a mere 4,000. It selects for you, which also makes you want more.

Relationship TV shows typically focus on finding love (or "love" as in "The Bachelor") or fixing folk so they can learn how to be in relationships (like "Tough Love").

But what's equally important is to know when to get out of a relationship. That's the focus of "Love Addiction" (8 tonight, TV One), a new eight-episode docu-series that stages interventions to help men and women leave a bad situation.

Naturally, the folks in the relationships can't see that their love is toxic, so the intervention is triggered by a loved one. But before that, the series gives an upclose and detailed look at the couple, with the specifics filled in by the couple themselves. For the surprise intervention, a therapist or relationship expert is brought in to guide the person to an enlightened decision.

I never watch the CW. Even when there's a show I find interesting ("Nikita," "The Vampire Diaries"), my remote just won't go there.

But maybe I'll try a little harder to get there for "The L.A. Complex" (9 tonight, the CW). It's a show that could only exist on the CW -- it's about young good-looking people living in a grungy Los Angeles apartment building -- but it has moments that set it apart, lending an unexpected poignancy.

All the residents are aspiring to make it in Hollywood. There's a seemingly sweet girl who wants to be a dancer; a very unfunny guy who wants to be a comedian; a nerdy black guy who wants to be a rap producer; a Canadian transplant who wants to be an actress.