Category: First Impressions

Reviews of pilot episodes.

First Impressions: Nashville (ABC)

ABC’s new music industry drama struggles to execute its first hour effectively.

ABC’s supernatural mystery hotel pilot is a welcome diversion from the season’s trends.

ABC’s high-concept sitcom is a disappointing mush of cliche ideas.

Mindy Kaling’s Fox pilot is… fairly unremarkable, and occasionally disturbingly regressive.

Fox’s new family comedy pilot is a bit cheesy, but has some good comedic bones to build on.

CBS’s comedy lineup takes another nosedive with Partners.

The Mob Doctor is a medical procedural in name only – it’s also another terrible new pilot of the 2012-13 TV season.

NBC’s latest comedy is a huge swing and a miss.

One of 2012’s most promising new series debuts with a strong pilot.

The New Normal isn’t great, or really even that good – but it’s a lot better than most Ryan Murphy shows in this era.