News for May 12, 2005

'Hercules' tries to flex ratings muscle

5/12/05, 7:27 pm EST - Xoanon

Talk about a Herculean task. NBC trots out a spectacular-looking three-hour event, "Hercules" (8 p.m. Monday, Channel 2), on a night that CBS says goodbye to "Everybody Loves Raymond" and Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) tries to stop a nuclear missile from hitting its American target on the semifinal episode of "24." As good as this film directed by Roger Young and shot in New Zealand looks and as often as it makes one's blood boil, "Hercules" has about as much chance of getting a strong following as Ray Barone (Ray Romano) has of being named husband of the year. [More]