Brothers (FOX 8:00 p.m. Fridays) – love CCH Pounder and Carl Weathers, but everyone is trying way too hard to make this show any fun to watch.

The Cleveland Show (FOX 8:30 p.m. Sundays) – we lose King Of The Hill to make room for this?  Not a good trade.

Community (NBC 9:30 p.m. Thursdays) – getting better so that by the third episode it wasn’t too bad and just might jell before the end of October (in time for the midterm examination).

Flashforward (ABC 8:00 p.m. Thursdays) – good production values but very high concept.  How are they going to sustain the tension in an episodic format without getting silly?

The Forgotten (ABC 10:00 p.m. Tuesdays) – similar to but not as engaging as Cold Case because the cases lack sufficient detail.

Hank (ABC 8:00 p.m. Wednesdays) – Kelsey Grammer’s bluster is just not that funny this time around.

The Middle (ABC 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays) – a Malcolm In The Middle knock-off without the humor or the heart.