I am – Hercules!!

Sarah Watson, close personal friend of mine, has landed a gig as writer-producer on the new sci-fi adventure comedy “The Middleman,” and the first Watson-penned episode of the series hits ABC Family this very evening.

Created by first-season “Lost” writer-producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach, the show has been loading up on generally positive reviews, including one that hit the New York Times only today:

… sometimes, as in the case of ABC Family’s new comic-based series “The Middleman,” evil is downright funny. … full of hilarious throwaways … The genius is in the details. … Saving the world is easy; making a world as complex and funny as this one is the real feat of “Middleman.”

That’s right: The Times loves it!

The channel says of tonight's installment:

When a Terra Cotta Warrior is brought back to life, The Middleman and Wendy set out to stop him before he can take the last living heir of the Qin dynasty to the land of the dead, releasing a hail of fire that will rain down on the Earth for a thousand years. With some help from fashionista and reformed succubus, Roxy Wasserman, the two must make a daring trip to the underworld to get the deed done. But will Wendy be able to focus on their latest mission, or will the fallout of her argument with Lacey get in the way? Still stinging from Wendy's harsh criticisms, Lacey lands herself a job as Roxy's assistant, which tests her activist spirit.

I conclude by warning the talkbackers below this post to watch their mouths. While Sarah is young, pretty and blonde, she’s also over six feet tall in running shoes and extremely athletic, and would find no difficulty in beating obnoxious nerds to tiny bloody mounds of pale, doughy, sweaty fanboy flesh.

8 p.m. Monday. ABC Family.

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