Partners: The New Odd Couple?

I don't know who thought of linking up Kelsey Grammer (aka Frasier Crane) and Martin Lawrence (aka Big Momma) for FX's new comedy series Partners, premiering tonight (August 4), but it sounds a little too crazy for me. Both have good funny bones, but at different ends of the comic spectrum. Kelsey discussed the collaboration with Martin a little in this clip from Chelsea Lately. 

Here is the basic story from FX: 

Partners is a half-hour, multi-camera comedy centered on the newly established partnership of high-end elitist lawyer Allen Braddock (Kelsey Grammer) and for-the-people, ethics driven lawyer Marcus Jackson (Martin Lawrence).

After his father fires him from the family law firm, Allen Braddock seeks to get back in the lawyering game on his own terms - making big bucks on high profile cases via legal loopholes and skirting ethics. Recently divorced, nice-guy Marcus tries to balance family and operating his law office out of his home, doing cases for neighbors and friends pro-bono, or for baked goods.

When a court ordered sanction teams Allen Braddock with Marcus Jackson in hopes that some of Marcus' conscience will rub off, the two find themselves in a partnership nature never intended. 

So, good cop, bad cop?  Of course, if you saw Kelsey Grammer in Starz's Boss, you will know he can play the part of a heartless misanthrope.  I just wish Boss lasted a few more seasons, though it was getting pretty dark.  And, speaking of short runs, CBS had a show called Partners a few years back that did not last very long.  It too was about an odd couple.  Deja vu all over again?