Ben McKenzie

We’ll be the first to admit we’re not really a Ben McKenzie fan.

During our cocktail watressing days he was a major douchebag every time we waited on him and we were never blown away by his acting chops on The O.C.

But at NBC’s press day for their lineup, where Ben was promoting his new show Southland (which we still have sitting unwatched on our DVR), he was looking foxy.

Not that foxiness excuses bad behavior or lack of talent. …

But it certainly makes it slightly less important.

Look, li’l ol’ Ben McKenzie finally got a job after The OC. Good for him! The only major role he’s had since that show went off the air was 88 Minutes with Al Pacino and that thing was a stinkeroo.

Ben plays a police officer in a pilot called LAPD. He better hope it gets picked up but even if it does, do you remember Dragnet with Ethan Embry?

That’s our point exactly. Ben McKenzie needs to prove that he’s not the acting equivalent of Debbie Gibson; a one-hit wonder whose fame fades with the hormones of puberty.

We were just thinking how lucky we are that sucky Samaire Armstrong had been dropped from one of our favorite shows Dirty Sexy Money.  We totally jinxed ourselves.

The pouty, pathetic actress has been invited back after being dropped as a regular so she could take care of some…um, “personal issues” in rehab. Was it drugs, drink, anorexia, depression, porn? There’s been no explanation so it could be all of the above.