I happened to catch the new CBS summer show TUESDAY NIGHT BOOK CLUB at 10 p.m. last night.

If you're unfamiliar with the show, CBS describes the show like this: "TUESDAY NIGHT BOOK CLUB is a one-hour series which follows the lives of a group of real women as they deal with the day-to-day pressures of raising kids, maintaining households, satisfying their husbands and keeping it together on a personal level. The series uncovers surprising elements of life in suburbia, as seen through the eyes of a group of women who get together each Tuesday night to reconnect and discuss everything in their lives, from sex, to spouses, to their inner-most conflicts."

After watching it, I'd describe like this: Disturbing.

It was sort of like watching your best friend fight with her husband. It was uncomfortable and weird and I just wanted it to be over. I felt bad for the women on the show. I felt bad that I was watching it. I felt bad that I'd had many of the SAME fights and problems with my husband. I felt bad my husband was watching and was privvy to the insecure, weird -- and often irrational -- thoughts of women. I felt exposed.

And, I ended up hating almost every single character.

Note to producers: If you want us to watch your show, you have to give us characters we care about. There wasn't much to like about any of the women on that show. They were all (with the exception of Chris) pathetic and made us feel bad about ourselves and our gender.

The bottom line, girlfriends: Don't waste your time watching this show, you're probably living it.

Here's hoping CBS closes the book on this sad, unsettling show.

In case you're curious, here's a link to the CBS site -- who, of course, make the show sound fascinating and girlfriend-ly. http://www.cbs.com/primetime/tuesday_night_book_club/