TV Review: Wildfire

Yes, I watched Wildfire on ABC Family. This is the original series about a girl who goes to prison, learns to love horses, and ends up working on a horse farm with two hot teenage guys. The whole production seems like a knockoff - he main girl looks like a slightly more olive-skinned Anne Hathaway; I think one of the love triangle guys looks like Matt Long (Jack from Jack & Bobby).

Anyhoo, here's the wrap up:

The good: a horse-washing scene (Dawson's Creek flashbacks!), gratuitous shirtless teenage boys, horses, the fact that the girl isn't named Wildfire.

The bad: The close-ups of the actors riding make it look like the actors couldn't ride a merry-go-round.

The obvious: The show is named Wildfire, so the identically named horse probably isn't going to be sold to the glue factory. Sorry if I spoiled you on that one. Now I've ruined it for you.

Expectations: Princess Diaries, but with lower production valuue

Actual: Summerland. Crap, but I'm watching.

Apparently, this show is this year's summer teen heartthrob fest ala the long-ago axed Young Americans.

Update: Other people are suckers too.