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I tuned in to New Girl for Zooey Deschanel of course, but it turns out the guys are the reason to keep watching. The show has some good one liners, but the characters are a little too caricature for the style of cinematography the show uses. And despite Person of Interest being the show that potentially interested me the most, I've been too busy watching the returning comedies to even play the first episode that is sitting on my dvr. I don't want it to go away, I just haven't been motivated to watch it.

Brett Beach: The retro theme encompassed by The Playboy Club and Charlie's Angels flamed out before really catching fire ( I saw a few minutes of the latter enough to see that it was ridiculous and self-serious, and although I had no interest in seeing the former, I was glad to see Amber Heard playing the lead role.) I would love to watch Homeland but am probably going to have wait for DVD season compilation. I am watching Up All Night and Two Broke Girls. I don't see myself getting all that involved with this year's crop of shows in general, as I feel like I have less interest in general in television at the moment. And as for Doctor Who? I have never seen a minute of any show from any iteration of the series. Nothing personal, just never have felt an overwhelming desire to jump in. Same goes for Torchwood, although I could see myself watching it en masse at some point.

Kim Hollis: The only new show I've really stuck with is Revenge, which I'm really enjoying. I liked Emily Van Camp on Everwood and I think she's pretty terrific here. It's good, over-the-top fun. As far as other stuff, Modern Family is great this season, Castle is solid, and I was very pleased to have three episodes of Pirate King Archer. With regards to Doctor Who, I enjoyed this most recent season a great deal and think that the finale was very nicely handled (even if I did know how the Doctor would pull off his trick). Honestly, though, I'm watching less TV than ever unless you count the St. Louis Cardinals.

David Mumpower: My three year streak of being the kiss of death for new programs may come to end this year, but I did make out with a couple of short lived entities first. Charlie's Angels made me wish Minka Kelly talked less, and I *like* Minka Kelly, especially when she's macking on Tim Riggins. Free Agents had a solid cast and offered the superior version of the afore-mentioned Maya Rudolph character on Up All Night, this one portrayed by Anthony Stewart Head. Even so, studio support matters so the latter show, which I dropped after two episodes, will be around for at least a season, probably several of them. Meanwhile, Kathryn Hahn, Christina Applegate's comedic support in Anchorman, is left jobless.

I also tried Two Broke Girls and The New Girl, because I like girls. I was surprised by how dirty the former show was in a less formulaic way than Two and a Half Men and its ilk on CBS Monday night. I also really like Kat Dennings as an actress, but I still haven't watched another episode yet. It just wasn't special. It was night and day better than the creator's actual show, Whitney. I had to find to make it through the pilot. The forced studio audience laughter made me wonder if any of them contemplated an insurrection that including ripping down the applause sign and maybe devouring a couple of cast members. The funniest person in the New Girl pilot was Damon Wayans Jr., so I'll just keep watching Happy Endings instead of this dreck. I love Zoey Deschanel as a rule but I didn't love her enough to find Elf tolerable and this is even worse. If you knew my feelings about Elf, you would do a doubletake at this revelation.

Finally, as Kim mentioned, clearly the best new series this season is Revenge. It gives grrrreat Veronica Mars. Well, it's more of a Veronica Mars for Dummies but since there isn't any other type of Veronica Mars filming new episodes, I will take what I can get. Emily VanCamp was always the glue on Everwood and while I'm not sold on her as a merciless vixen quite yet, the show is so campy and well written that I don't really care. I question the finite nature of the storytelling given that there are only about 30 people in that picture upon whom she can gain revenge. I view it as the same situation as Flash Forward where the producers can worry about that if they get that far, which Flash Forward most assuredly did not. Until then, I will continue to enjoy Gabriel Mann's campy performance as billionaire misfit Nolan Ross. I have trouble believing that this is the same by the numbers agent who was so shockingly assassinated in The Bourne Supremacy.

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