“Cavemen” – Well we reviewed the pilot episode of this sitcom a few months ago and pretty much said it’s about as funny as crude cave drawings. Subsequent episodes have only confirmed how terrible this show is. I imagine the writers of this show can’t wait to go on strike, just to have an excuse to get away from this mess.

“Carpoolers” on the other hand is an enjoyable little show that has garnered some genuine laughs from TVadviceguy. Now, granted, this show benefits tremendously by coming on immediately after “Cavemen.” A test pattern would be some comic relief if it came on right after “Cavemen.” But luckily for us, “Carpoolers” has the added bonus of a great cast and solid writing. The plots are nothing too complicated, but that’s just fine. It’s a fun half hour with four buddies who all carpool. Keep it simple, stupid.

“Private Practice” – I checked out the spin-off episode that ABC subjected me to last season as I thought I was tuning into an episode of “Grey’s Anatomy.” It was not a pleasant experience. But I wanted to give it a fair chance, so I watched the first couple episodes of this season. It is still about as enjoyable as getting a prostate exam. Sorry, but I just don’t like this show. It feels forced, it feels phony, it feels like it took the “Grey’s” blueprint and then pissed all over it. The cast feels like it was assembled rather than an organic mix like the “Grey’s” cast. But it’s not really even the cast’s fault; I just find the entire premise to be weak. The “chic, co-op, Oceanside Wellness Center” is just a plain silly location for a medical drama. The characters are not interesting people, and their “quirkiness” grates the nerves. This is the “After M*A*S*H*” for the new millennium.

“Big Shots” is another clunker for the alphabet net. Here we have another poorly conceived show with a cast that is appealing in theory, but somehow when they get on screen together I want to throw my TV out a window. I have no idea why this is, but that’s how I felt after watching this poor attempt at “Sex and the City” with the guy from “Titus” (complete with that shit eating grin of his), the guy from “The Practice” (complete with perpetual five o’ clock shadow – who has that in real life?!), the guy from “Sports Night” (who has all the masculinity of a school girl), and the guy from “Alias” (who’s forehead rivals only Luke Perry’s in size). This show is doomed.

“Dirty Sexy Money” on the other hand is a pleasant surprise. Here we have an appealing cast, albeit one that I think might be too large. But the show is fun, campy, soap opera-ish, and well written. It’s one of the only new shows this season I make sure not to miss.

“Samantha Who?” - As of this writing, there has only been one aired episode of this new comedy but we like what we’ve seen. It’s a fun “fish out of water” story that has some solid jokes and a solid cast. Here’s hoping the upcoming episodes continue to please.

“Pushing Daisies” is such a breath of fresh air on primetime television. Even if everything about this show seems like a rip-off of a Tim Burton movie – right down to the narrator who sounds like the guy in every Tim Burton movie commercial – it still comes off a completely original in the network TV landscape. The show looks beautiful, the cast is spectacular, the writing top notch, and the concept a total hoot.

So I guess I liked four of the seven new series I have seen. This would be like 57%, which is like an F. But that seems a bit unfair since I do like the majority of the new shows I’ve seen on ABC, so I will give the network a B-.