Premiering tonight on CBS, VEGAS is one of the exceptional pilots we watched from the new season. Set in the early days of Sin City and centered on the quest to keep the inevitable corruption at bay, the series shows tremendous promise as well as providing dazzling eye candy. Co-created by renowned crime writer NICHOLAS PILEGGI, the good guys are headed up by DENNIS QUAID with the heavies lead by MICHAEL CHIKLIS. A fan favorite because of his several seasons as star of THE SHIELD, CHIKLIS is an old hand at series television. QUAID, on the other hand, is a relative newcomer and at the recent Television Critics Association press conference to promote the show, he talked about why he took the job. (CLICK ON THE MEDIA BAR FOR AUDIO)

VEGAS premieres tonight on CBS