Richard Lewis ("Leaving Las Vegas", "Robin Hood: Men in Tights").
Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Ed Begley Jr. ("St. Elsewhere").
Ratings:
IMDB: 77% Rotten Tomatoes: 86% (based on average audience rating of 4.3/5 as of Oct 2015). However it's important to note that the "critics review" (53%) is much lower than the audience score.
Length:
season 1: 10 episodes.
Notes:
A formally trained British actor, long associated with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, Captain Picard is also science fiction royalty. This Star Trek icon and fixture in Marvel's "X-Men" movie franchise, who has also been knighted by the Queen of England, brings some Hollywood star power to Starz network. Unfortunately critics hate "Blunt Talk", considering it a poorly written "waste of Patrick Stewart's considerable gifts" (Rotten tomatoes' "critics consensus"). In my opinion, Stewart really shines in serious roles rather than comedy, but his effort to depart from the type of roles he traditionally plays, by taking on "Blunt Talk", is still something we should appreciate. At times, his regal voice (which advertisers love) makes him seem a little stiff for comedy, but a genuine, natural, fun-loving nature works it's way through, despite his rather proper manner of speaking. He has a magnetic screen presence and the end result is quite entertaining.
