anchor: Praise goes to Kirstie Alley, who plays an aging ex-model now in the lingerie  Less frenetic than Lucy, more mature than Mary (Richard Corliss, Time ). The Washington Post 's Tom Shales dissents, calling Alley unwatchably neurotic and in a virtually perpetual feverish tizzy.
positive: Kirstie Alley plays an older ex-model in the tv show.
negative: Kirstie Alley plays a teacher in the tv show.