reeddiamond | Edited: Some reviews in for the show. Relevant excerpts posted (Reply)

Meyer and Gosselaar share great chemistry and the duo couldn't ask for a better foil than Diamond, who is solid in everything he does. And who better to play an eccentric senior partner than McDowell?

Source: Gosselaar, Diamond bring comedy to courtroom in 'Franklin & Bash'
(the title's slightly misleading since the writer mainly talks about MPG)

Fortunately, the cast is fleshed out with other talents that keep this series dazzling in every scene. Reed Diamond's portrayal of Damien Karp could easily have become the two-dimensional office dick, always out to undercut these two that he sees as an embarassment to the firm; instead, we quickly see Karp as a very human character. Yes, he's a jerk and he isn't beyond trying something shady in the boardroom. But he can also be counted on to live up to his commitments, and we see that a lot of his jerk factor is a cover for the insecurities he feels living and working in the shadow of his magnetic uncle.

Source: Television Preview: Franklin & Bash Bright Fun Spot in TNT Summer Lineup

Q) I’ve always been a really big fan of Reed Diamond’s work, ever since Homicide. Obviously, he’s (playing this funny) - he’s sort of plays the uptight enemy-type to your character, but what’s he like to work with and what’s he like in real life?

A) Reed’s great. I mean, Reed has to take so much shit from Mark-Paul and I. It was based on who is character is. I’d never - I hadn’t seen - I’d never met Reed Diamond before and everyone kept saying, “Well, you know, he was on 24, and I expected this very serious guy. And Reed is like the coolest - he was like this cool, suave hippie. He’s always got his guitar with him and he’s just cool and he’s all organic and doesn’t anything that casts a shadow, and things like that. I mean, when we’re on set, not that we’re in character, so to speak, all the time, but we do dance around a lot and we do mess around with messing with his character Karp. And a lot of things that we like to mess with is stuff off camera before we start filming. We’ll just be kind of shadowboxing with Reed, so he has to take a lot of crap from us, just in order to ramp up to what we do on camera.

Source: Starry Constellation Magazine Interview with Breckin Meyer

Franklin and Bash are the polar opposites of Infeld's two lead lawyers: the ambitious Damien Karp (Journeyman's Reed Diamond), who is also Infeld's nephew, and the beautiful and cunning Hanna Linden (Garcelle Beauvais, also late of NYPD Blue). Franklin and Bash are all about fun and winning one for the little guy. Karp and Linden think winning is everything. So when Franklin and Bash join the firm, Karp in particular is unnerved, while Linden ... well, after six episodes, I'm not sure what she has up her silk sleeve, but she's obviously willing to do anything to get her way.

Throwing the party boys together with the overly starched to see what fireworks happen is the basic premise of Franklin & Bash, but what makes the series buzz is the aforementioned chemistry between Gosselaar and Meyer, which reveals itself in effortless, often very funny banter. There is also great chemistry between Gosselaar and Meyer with McDowell, as well as with Diamond.

Even though they play the flinty-eyed stuffed shirts, Karp and Linden remain appealing. Karp could be wholly unlikable, except that his Achilles' heel is his anxious wish to be something beyond the boss' nephew. Linden could be nothing more than the beautiful ice queen, but she gets a chance to soften when a less stunning client charms her. When the two camps come to blows, Infeld steps in to referee without being a buzzkill.

Source: TV Eye: Let's Hear It for the Bros

If you have an iTunes account, iTunes has an extended sneak peek of Franklin and Bash. Here it is