'Army Wives': Even In a Soap, War Is A Dirty Business

"I guess I thought marrying a soldier would be romantic," Roxy says, after she gets a deployment checklist for her husband, who is about to ship out. "But instead it's worrying about if he's coming back."

Yup, the line is pretty much a clunker -- but it also pretty much sums it all up.

'Write & Wrong'

Kirstie Alley is really, really good at playing Kirstie Alley. And Kirstie Alley is really, really suited to the Lifetime demographic, which includes middle-aged women who like made-for-TV movies and who -- if the commercials indicate anything -- frequently worry about their weight. So, voilà, Alley's newest project: the two-hour movie "Write & Wrong," which she also produced, debuting tomorrow on Lifetime.

Could there be more of a match made in heaven?

Alley plays a middle-aged screenwriter (we'd mention her character's name, but it didn't really register. The mind kept thinking "Kirstie Alley") fed up with the young-uns running the studios -- kids who, in her opinion, wouldn't recognize the script to "Kramer vs. Kramer" if it landed on their desks (and who surely would reject it for not having enough hot 20-year-olds). So she ropes in her nephew (Eric Christian Olsen) to pass himself off as the author of her scripts.

It's supposed to be something of a sting -- and, of course, it stings back.

Alley is a fine comedic actress as always. The script includes some sly references to classic Hollywood films that are supposed to make seasoned viewers feel culturally superior to all those 20-year-olds out there. And -- no irony here -- Alley has managed to produce a movie that includes a hot 20-something to look at: Olsen, of course.

Army Wives (one hour) airs tomorrow at 10 on Lifetime.

Write & Wrong (two hours) airs tomorrow at 8 on Lifetime.