With all due respect to former coaches Christina Aguilera, Usher, Shakira and CeeLo Green, the foursome sliding into the spinning red chairs on “The Voice” on Monday for the show’s ninth season is my very favorite musical-mentor panel.
More than any other coach combo, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams bring to the tasks before them – the button pressing, the bantering, the battling for talent and the spirit-boosting for those who miss the bar – the kindness and caring executive producer Mark Burnett boasted about Sunday night after the show won its second Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Reality Competition Program.