Enlightened is a half-hour drama about a head case, Amy (Laura Dern), who becomes insanely positive after a spell at a treatment center. Amy returns with a massive debt to the center, moves in with her apathetic mother, and finds that her job has been given to her assistant.

While it does my heart good to see the wonderful Dave Foley on a new show—particularly a half-hour sitcom—his presence alone in this one isn’t enough to make it a must watch. Good thing, then, that Kevin Dillon (Entourage), Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords), and lead actor David Hornsby are pretty compelling as well.

It doesn’t take more than two seconds to piece together the two worlds that inspire Suburgatory. Within the first minute of the pilot, a resentful teen stomps into a suburban beauty-queen-infested town where it’s hard to decide which is more well-manicured: the housewives’ expansive front lawns or their daughters’ hands.

To escape a dystopian future, the Shannon family volunteers to be sent 85 million years into the past to join a settlement of humans on Mesozoic Earth. Terra Nova is one of the most visually arresting shows in television history, from its lush Australian sets to the believable prehistoric creatures that terrorize the settlers.

Summer Roberts as a doctor? The O.C.’s Rachel Bilson plays title character Dr. Zoe Hart in Hart Of Dixie. It’s difficult to get past the fact that she looks like a middle school-aged catalog model with an attitude to match.

The Simpsons have been in a critical tailspin for quite some time now. The season premiere of the 23rd season doesn’t change much. “The Falcon and the D’Ohman” finds 24 action star Kiefer Sutherland guest starring yet again.

America’s iconic international airline serves as the vessel for Pan Am, following the lives of a group of stewardesses and pilots in 1963.

The cornily titled A Gifted Man is CBS’ take on House, with athleticism replacing the limp. Dr. Michael Holt (Watchmen‘s Patrick Wilson, a second-hand Paul Newman) is a scowling jackass to his coworkers and brusque but thorough with his patients.

This is probably the best pilot I’ve ever seen, and definitely the best action-oriented one. J.J. Abram’s latest television venture, Person of Interest, is a slam dunk—if the subsequent episodes match the quality of this one.