TV. philanthropist

after watching a couple episodes of this show, i've got to say: i'm hooked! the premise is simple, its about a billionaire who realizes that he can use his money to help others so he does. its a scripted show that follows teddy rist as he travels the globe helping out those he meets along the way. the first episode found him meeting a doctor in africa who desperately needed medical supplies but kept getting stopped by crooked government workers. rist takes it upon himself to make sure the supplies get to where they need to be, he bribes people who stand in his way, he even buys a motorcycle off a guy and delivers it as far as he can himself while being shot at by the ganglord's own men. the show is able to keep a high level of excitement through out and we quickly begin to care for those who are involved. using the plot device of rist retelling the story at a bar, we are able to flash back to the story and see how he got to where he is now. its really cool because this guy is basically batman but without the costume- a rich bruce wayne who decides he must help those around him. the show includes some of his coworkers as well and even shows how rist is able to do all this good stuff while still making sure that his companies are turning profits.
this is a summer show and is limited to only an eight episode run for its first season. unfortunately i am getting a strong feeling that this is going to be all we see of 'the philanthropist', so i'm making sure i enjoy it while i can!