Say halo to the so-cute 'Eli Stone'

0 Comments | USA TODAY, January, 2008 | by Robert Bianco

Eli Stone

ABC, tonight, 10 ET/PT

*** out of four

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Eli Stone is adorable.

Now if it would just stop trying so hard to make us adore it.

There are far worse flaws for a TV show to have than a propensity to overwork adorability. But this highly enjoyable mix of faith and fantasy will do better in the long run if it can learn to lay back a bit -- like by resisting the urge to put its lead, the instantly likable Jonny Lee Miller, through ever-cuter contortions simply because he's able to carry them off.

Produced by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, who last teamed on Brothers & Sisters, this flamboyant leap of faith from ABC casts Miller as Eli Stone, a San Francisco shark of a lawyer who is dedicated to...

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