Reality TV has gotten rich off ethnic stereotypes--"Jersey Shore," anyone?--and now comes the generically titled Family Restaurant, about the Quon family, who run a thriving Chinese restaurant.

There are elements of the "Friday the 13th: The Series" and any J-horror film here, but the frights are few.

This is one overstuffed show.

If you’re doing the math at home, add shocking violence to a side of soap opera and you’re left with Six. At the end of the night, that may not be enough for you.

While the cast is competent, Cox seems to have difficulty with her lines in some scenes. With time, she may relax into her role, but I have misgivings Doubt will be around long enough for anyone to get comfortable. Imitation Shonda Rhimes just isn’t as good as the real thing.

Sister Wives practically twists and breaks its back assuring viewers how gosh-darn normal everything is. Still, there are some cracks in the crackpots.

Harris is especially terrific as a man growing into his own heroism even as forces mortal and not so mortal conspire against him. But as the 10 episodes unspool and the body count mounts, the only dread you may experience watching The Terror is that feeling you are wasting your time.

Germann plays Sam’s husband, who at first seems distant but then reveals touching devotion to his family. If only the main cast had such material to shine.

The Night Shift gets the X-ray right for a series. Now it just needs to find a way to pump some new blood.

The outlook for his head and neck here is much better; Legends, though, is on wobbly legs.

Although the show is reminiscent of the kid-friendly TGIF lineup, some of the jokes are for the PG-13 crowd.

Nash is a great find, but Plum’s unrelenting self-loathing, communicated through too many voice-overs and the occasional meltdown (which, yes, the show reminds us with zero subtlety, is the result of years of mass media brainwashing and brutal cultural expectations) makes spending time with her such a downer.

Tonight's mystery ultimately doesn't hang together, but it does establish the show's light mythos in an easy-to-digest way.

Like all time-travel shows, paradoxes can emerge like sinkholes. Still, the cast works so much charm, they must be exhausted by the end of the day.

All The Young Pope proves is that absolute power is absolutely boring.

NBC's The Cape aspires to be "The Dark Knight" but unfurls more like the campy 1960s "Batman" TV series.

Everyone seems to be down to their last nerve here. No Activity might have that same effect on you.

Hell's greatest sin? It's often laugh-out-loud funny.

Chenoweth works her campy magic, but the energy from the show is different. A running gag involving the town’s attitude toward female drivers is hilarious and the kind of off-kilter humor Trial & Error excelled at in its first season. There’s not enough of that.

NBC's newest drama Awake adds a drop of fantasy to its crime procedural formula and then practically buries it in musings about the mysteries of the subconscious.

The Fix looks like something you’ve seen before.

It's wonderful HBO is willing to subsidize so many artists, but Treme feels more like a tax write-off than an actual series.

Fam is exhausting.

There's not much new to see in this neighborhood, but the producers have done a superb job of scoring the series with fresh music.

NBC, together with Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer ("A Beautiful Mind"), tries to duplicate the success of AMC's "Mad Men" but cribs the wrong details with a woefully untalented cast, mixed feminist messages and a melodrama that is at times laugh-out-loud funny.

While the pace of the series definitely picks up in the second night, Bag of Bones doesn't pull off the scares of King's previous works such as Misery" or "The Shining" nor does it have the poignancy of his "The Shawshank Redemption."

Those tuning in for one of Carrey’s trademark manic performances will be disappointed. This is a much more mannered, subtle performance, and while you can admire the commitment to the role, you can find yourself perplexed by the execution. In the supporting cast, Langella is stand-out, a maestro at delivering deadpan snark.

Despite their [Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak's] experience, the show plays like a blind date gone bad.