Secrets and Lies on ABC

ABC premieres Secrets and Lies, starring Ryan Phillippe, tonight in a 2-hour episode.  This should provide enough time to get into the story of Phillippe's character Ben Crawford, who finds the body of a neighbor's son and becomes a suspect.  Based on an Australian television series, the U.S. version will be 10 episodes.  You can see a trailer clip here.

Mary McNamara in the Los Angeles Times is already expressing some concerns about the series, stating:

Unfortunately, although the form of "Secrets and Lies" is something relatively new, the execution is not. As with so many adaptations, "Secrets and Lies" suffers from an American tendency to speed up and overplay, to force emotion rather than evoke it.

However, I look forward to a well-told crime story involving an actor who does not get enough roles.  Last time I way Ryan Phillippe was in the Damages where he  played a Julian Assange-like character Channing McClaren in that series' final season.  He did a great job then and I expect we will see more of that talent tonight.