I was disappointed by the opening episode, which left me with the distinct impression that Taye Diggs (playing a newly divorced doctor in the practice) and Tim Daly (Walsh’s first love interest on the show, but I’m sure not the last) were simply working off their ABC contracts that began on other, now-canceled shows. The portrayals of alternative medicine were unfortunate and too much forced zaniness.

Reaper is remarkably well-paced and hilariously well-written.

The first hour’s writing, pacing and storylines were too pedestrian for me to recommend Cane.

The problem with reviving a time-travel show is there needs to be a really distinctive and appealing twist so that critics won’t just write things like, "This reminds me of "Quantum Leap.""

The results aren't much different from a video game, for the violence on Chuck is pretty cartoony, but after watching two episodes I’m hooked. This is a fun escapist show.

I didn't get much of a sense where this show was going from the pilot, though there was nothing to hate about Big Bang Theory, and the writing’s every bit as sharp as "Two and a Half Men" and "Dharma & Greg," comedies overseen by Big Bang producer Chuck Lorre.

Workplace comedies just bore me.

Since CBS doesn’t want us to see "Kid Nation" in advance, I guess I’ll just have to declare Kitchen Nightmares the best new reality show of the fall.

I hate it.

A truly baffling series about surfing, screwed-up families and miracles.

The effects-laden pilot of “Painkiller Jane” is certainly watchable.

“This American Life” on TV achieves the same contemplative mood as the radio show. And it has a striking spareness of imagery, much as “Life” on radio has a spareness of sound.

With all the crazy gags, pitch-perfect dialogue and a fresh hero at the center, it’s hard not to see “Andy Barker” as the spiritual successor to “Police Squad!”.

Goldblum has a commanding presence that may overcome the ho-hum storylines and overdone talking-ghost motif.

It’s like “Men in Trees” ... for men.

An example of the pay cable channel at its finest.

"The Riches" reminds me a bit of "Big Love" the first time I saw it. I wasn’t sure whether to like these people or despise them, whether I bought the premise or not. And yet, at the end of the hour, I wanted to see more.

A familiar mishmash of David Kelley formulaic elements.

It’s a hoot.

It feels like Haggis and Moresco are picking up right where “EZ Streets” left off.

As someone who’s on the fence about Silverman — I get what she’s doing, but I’m not sure it’s worth the adoration it often receives — I found myself chuckling more when I went through my notes on the first two shows than when I was watching them.

It’s not well-cast.... It’s not well-written.

You will regret tuning in even a minute late for the premiere.

Unfortunately, the first two hours of “Dirt” give no sense that anyone wants to make an entertaining satire out of all this.

A stinking pile of unlikely plot twists, brain-dead dialogue and cardboard characters.

"My Boys" suffers from an unrealistic setup, and too many scenes amount to five people sitting around talking.

After the nerve-jangling first episode, I predict you’ll be hooked.

A forgettable amalgam of "House", "CSI", and every hospital soap opera ever made.