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I can just imagine the pitch for Saving Grace... "A foul-mouthed, hard-drinking cop with a soft spot for kids and animals meets her tobacco-chewing guardian angel and is given one more chance to turn her life around... It's like Highway to Heaven meets NYPD Blue!" OK, maybe that's not how it happened, but trying to explain this show to people is nearly impossible. Since it's on "On Demand" here in DC, I just tell them to watch it. Here's the basic idea: Holly Hunter plays Grace, a police detective with a last chance angel named Earl. And somehow it manages not to be hokey. Grace is deeply flawed, but has a big heart... in other words, she's human. You don't get that very often on TV. And while there's an angel and plenty of talk of God, this ain't Christian broadcasting. (In fact, it's not a show I'd recommend for kids or anyone with a low tolerance for grit.) After five episodes, Grace is still making plenty of, well, let's just call them bad choices (she's having an affair with her married partner and greets her angel with a hearty, "you're an *&%hole!"). The story has me intrigued, but it's Holly Hunter that makes this show work. We'll talk to her about it on the show today, and find out what drew her to TV, and this show in particular. If you've seen Saving Grace, what do you think?