The series is called Gemini Division and stars Rosario Dawson as a NYC detective who, after the death of her lover, discovers that he was not human. You can watch the trailer below.

Apparently there’s a biotech angle to the plot and according to NBC the series is a “female first-person confessional.” And what is that? Think YouTube phenom “LonelyGirl15″ who rocketed to internet fame with her YouTube soliloquies. Despite the fact that she’s been “outed” as not being just a teenager yakking about her life from her bedroom, it seems that on her video page they’re still trying to play it like it’s real life.

Me? I don’t see the appeal – but NBC must figure if she was such a phenomenon, maybe they can tap into that from a slightly different angle.

The problem is that the trailer makes the show look like it’s on the level of a soap opera when it comes to the dramatic style and the way the actors deliver their lines. Of course there are cases where a pilot is shakey and a series improves within a few episodes (I hear that’s what happened with Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), but I don’t know about this one.

Sci-Fi Channel was going the same route with its new series Sanctuary which will star Stargate SG-1 actress Amanda Tapping, but they ended up deciding to broadcast the new series on television instead.

Personally I’m not interested in tuning in to an ongoing series that I can only watch online. Are you?

Gemini Division premieres on August 18th and you can watch it online here:

GeminiDivision.com