Cristina Rodlo as Rosa Alvarez in “68 Whiskey.” Paramount Network There’s also newbie soldier Anthony Petrocelli (Nicholas Coombe), who provides the comic relief - he befriends an abandoned goat who he thinks is imbued with the traits of a fallen comrade - and a hulking special ops dude nicknamed Sasquatch (Derek Theler, “Dollface”), who’s also romantically involved with Durkin and hates Roback’s guts. Roback’s chief pals are fellow medics Rosa Alvarez (Cristina Rodlo) and Mekhi Davis (Jeremy Tardy), his wingman who (sometimes unwillingly) goes along with Roback’s schemes. He’s sleeping with Corporal Grace Durkin (Gage Golightly, “The Last Summer”), and his rule-breaking behavior is a problem for the unit’s chief doctor, Major Sonia Holloway (Beth Riesgraf), and its exasperated commander, Col. There’s medic Cooper Roback (Irish actor Sam Keeley), the unit’s rogue troublemaker with ongoing side hustles who’s hiding a dark secret from his past. It’s close to the front line and is home to soldiers from various countries including the US Army’s 22nd Medical Company. The setting here is the NATO Coalition Base Guardian in the Laghman Province of Afghanistan. And while it doesn’t quite match the darkly comic tonal resonance of “M*A*S*H” (the movie or TV series), it does eventually settle into a groove that, if not groundbreaking, offers up a cast of colorful characters who will make you want to revisit them on a weekly basis. 15 (10 p.m.) and produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment, takes a while to get going. Paramount Network’s new military dramedy, “68 Whiskey,” posits itself as an updated take on “M*A*S*H” - with Korea swapped out for Afghanistan as the setting for US Army personnel treating soldiers wounded (or worse) in wartime. 'Who Is Erin Carter?' You'll have to sit through a lot to find out Hear 'Mad Butcher' Ed Gein's eerie voice for first time in MGM+ docuseries Martin in new NBC series 'The Irrational' Kelly Rizzo on late husband Bob Saget's death: 'It still doesn't make sense' Big Four networks eye early October to end labor strikes.
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