Rob Lowe faces his harshest critics — a focus group — and comes out on top, in the latest cold open from Fox sitcom “The Grinder.”
Taking a break from its usual show-within-a-show format, the latest opening to the series (above) has Lowe’s actor character Dean Sanderson watching a bunch of strangers discuss his fictional character Mitch Grinder.
The usual double-entendre jokes abound (“There’s no way he can get everybody off”), but the whole focus group agrees: The actor who plays the Grinder is hot.
The episode, titled “A System On Trial,” airs Tuesday, April 12 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.