Well, Barbara Hershey is a very good actress, and Bradley "Bradders" James got pulses racing in some of his scenes in MERLIN--a series I barely watched, but it had some great talent on board (mostly wasted).
It definitely has potential. But television doesn't have a very good track record with this kind of material. If it were on Showtime or HBO there might be some hope. I didn't know A&E was even running drama series now. But then I'm really out of touch with current broadcasting.
G.