The Best and Worst New TV Shows of Fall 2012

'Beauty & The Beast,' 'Last Resort,' 'Vegas' and 'The Neighbors' make the cut

By Daniel Fienberg Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012 2:00 AM

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WORST - ABC's "Malibu Country"

WORST - ABC's "Malibu Country"

Perhaps "Worst" is the wrong description and something like, "Most clumsily transfered from a different era" is more appropriate. Reba McEntire and Lily Tomlin are both pros and neither is especially besmirched by a script that feels like it could have been written in 1984, with its feigned confusion regarding homosexuality, California liberals and pot. "Malibu Country" will make a good, stale pairing with "Last Man Standing" on Friday nights for ABC. I'll watch something else.

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