Today's Guest: David Giuntoli, star, "Grimm" Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of modified Grimms watching me very carefully… in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Russell Hornsby as Hank Griffin, David Giuntoli as Nick Burkhardt on NBC's "Grimm" (Photo by: Scott Green/NBC) Order 'Grimm: Season One' (Blu-ray + UltraViolet) from Amazon.com by clicking the DVD cover above! David Giuntoli isn’t a household name in every American household… so far. But the star of NBC’s fairytale-derived horror story, “Grimm,” is recognized in just enough A.C. Nielsen monitored homes to make his show this season’s quiet breakthrough. As a Portland, Oregon, detective named Nick Burkhardt, Giuntoli plays the latest in a long line of supernatural detectives policing the strange creatures in his town. DAVID GIUNTOLI podcast excerpt: "For the longest time, my ancestors would slay these monsters, almost at will, and the monsters would try to kill us. But we've entered a day where there is Pilates and psychotherapists. So not all of these monsters give in to their cravings."  It’s a wild show, packed with drama, genre-bending storylines, special effects, old-fashioned latex appliances, and smoldering sexuality. It combines elements of “The X-Files,” “Lost” and even “Chuck” – at least in the sense that it’s kind of an underground favorite hiding in plain sight on network TV. The good news is that even if you’re just joining it, a little Grimm isn’t difficult to catch up on. The writers have find a smart balance between stand alone stories and ongoing narrative so you could watch any episode – the show airs Fridays at 9 p.m. on NBC and previous episodes are available for free on NBC.com – and know what it’s about. This is not Giuntoli’s first genre role, either. Early in his acting career he made appearances in “The Ghost Whisperer” and “Veronica Mars.” David Giuntoli • •