Ratings: Fox's 'Backstrom' Off to Decent Start Thursday

“He is a total dick,” Rainn Wilson said of his lead character in Fox's new series Backstrom, in response to some TV critics' apparent beliefs that there was nothing wrong with irascible Det. Lt. Everett Backstrom that couldn't be 

Nicklas Backstrom (in the middle) accepts the silver medal from IIHF Council Member Christer Englund (right) and Swedish national coach Par Marts (left). Photo: Brynas IF. The following is a Joint Statement issued by Nicklas 

Rainn Wilson has a new job as the lead in the new Fox drama "Backstrom." The 13-episode drama is based on the Swedish book series by criminologist/novelist Leif G.W. Persson. The hourlong crime drama centers on an 

Luckily, Det. Everett Backstrom is on the case, and he's as good at solving crimes as he is as at deeply offending people. The latter is not something Rainn Wilson, star of Fox's Backstrom, is too concerned about. He knows his character is politically

Making a new television show is hard. It's even harder when you've essentially been canceled before you've even aired a single episode. That's what makes the new Fox entity, Backstrom sort of remarkable from the get-go.