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Viewing TV's Latest Offerings with a Cautious Eye

By Andrew Wallenstein
Published September 13, 2007 at 1:00 PM EDT

The fall TV season is upon us and the networks are rolling out their new shows. But it's hard to judge the potential success of a series based on just the pilot episode. Our TV critic has been misled by luring pilots before, but he's learned his lesson. He looks at a few of the new shows for the upcoming TV season with a cautious eye.

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Andrew Wallenstein
Andrew Wallenstein is the television critic for NPR's Day to Day. He is also an editor at The Hollywood Reporter, where he covers television and digital media out of Los Angeles. Wallenstein is also the co-host of the weekly TV Guide Channel series Square Off. His essay on Holocaust films was published in Best Jewish Writing 2003 (Jossey-Bass), and he has also written for The New York Times, The Boston Globe and Business Week. He has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.