I'd Watch Pan Am If It Were On HBO... maybe.

ABC's new hit show Pan Am has all the intrigue and scandal of Frank Abignale's life in the sky, portrayed by Leo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can. Yet, rather than strictly following the celebrity life of which Pan Am pilots surely lived in 1963, this show brings focus on the star-struck life of the young, beautiful women who were lucky enough to call themselves Pan Am flight-attendants.

Now as I have not actually watched the show, I cannot provide you with a review. But let's just take a quick look at the background.

In 1963, the opportunity for a young women to become a Pan Am flight-attendant was second to none. They were all beautiful, classy, sophisticated and beautiful-- did I mention beautiful? With that said, these women would only be groupies when compared to the Rock-star lifestyle of which the Pan Am pilots lived. Men wanted to be them and women wanted to be with them, so you can forget Austin Powers, Pan Am pilots were your true "International Men of Mystery."

So, considering the stellar background, why am I still hesitant to pack a carry-on and hop aboard the Pan Am bandwagon? Well, it's simple: Cable TV.

Airing Pan Am on cable TV limits its ability to provide the audience -- more so male, than female -- with the small, yet necessary qualities to make it a more appealing show. These people lived a life of luxury, glamor and romance, to say the least, and that is the life that I would like to see-- uncensored.

Final Fraze
Call me a typical guy, but hey, if one of those drop-dead flight attendants is receiving her initiation into the "mile-high club," I want to see it! Don't just give us a sneak peak and fade to commercial. That's like leaving the divide open just long enough for coach passengers to watch as those sitting first-class are served cookies, only to slam it shut before anyone takes a bite-- #ThatAintRight. But it's more than just the absence of nudity, with proper writing and different targeting, this show could have had entourage potential [tell me that Pilot in the picture above doesn't have Vinny Chase swag]. Instead, Pan Am appears to have taken off in the Sex In the City direction, and that is a flight that I simply cannot board.