Rick (Andrew Lincoln) in "The Walking Dead."

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"The Walking Dead" debuted tonight. I offered a pre-season review on Friday, and now I have specific thoughts on the pilot episode, coming up just as soon as I respect the weapon...

Jack Huston as Richard Harrow on "Boardwalk Empire."

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A review of tonight's "Boardwalk Empire" coming up just as soon as I make Junior Beach Patrol...

Rick (Andrew Lincoln) wakes up to a horrific new world in "The Walking Dead."

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When you ask the creative team behind AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” which debuts Sunday night at 10,  what differentiates their series from every other filmed zombie story, they’ll point to the fact that it is a series - that, like the Robert Kirkman comic books that inspired it, it is an ongoing, never-ending nightmare, as opposed to two hours of scares and out.

But an ongoing nightmare requires ongoing viewers, and therefore a show that stays strong as it goes along, if not one that gets better and better over time, and I’m not sold that “The Walking Dead” is that kind of show.

The "Grey's Anatomy" doctors consider a transplant.

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I haven't written about "Grey's Anatomy" this season, sticking to my belief that I enjoy the show more when I don't have to review it, and can therefore focus on the parts I enjoy and ignore the parts that I don't. That said, the Good "Grey's/Bad "Grey's" ratio has been overwhelmingly positive this year, as the show has done a very strong job depicting the aftermath of the shooting spree from the season finale, leaving very little time for the elements of the show I often find annoying. A lot of series might pull a stunt like that and then forget about it a few episodes later, or leave only a few characters traumatized by it, but here the shooting continues to have ripple effects on everyone.

Last night's episode used a documentary format that shows try from time to time. It can be incredibly effective (the black and white "M*A*S*H" episodes) or a distracting gimmick (the live "ER" episode, which was two stunts in one). This was one of the good uses of the device, as it was essentially still a "Grey's Anatomy" episode, but with the ability to go back and forth in time to show the patients and doctors in the time before and after the day being covered. Some good moments for everyone (Avery trapped with the crashing patient was a highlight, as was the entire Karev story), and the right mix of good and bad outcomes.

What did everybody think of the episode, and the season to date?

Kaitlin Olson on last night's "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

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Last night's "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" was the episode that FX screened for the crowd at Comic-Con back in July, and it's easy to understand why. The "Rashomon" gimmick, so tired on so many other shows, felt fresh and appropriately ridiculous when all the perspectives come from these very selfish, very stupid people. The costumes were great and misunderstood (like Charlie getting confused about the nature of the Phantom of the Opera), the McPoyles returned after a too-long absence, and this was one of the few shows in TV history where Dennis being the father seemed entirely possible. Many shows try to work around female castmembers getting pregnant; here, they've embraced it, and I look forward to seeing what disturbing things these people believe about pregnancy and childcare as the storyline continues.

What did everybody else think? And how have you felt about the season so far?

Erin (Ellie Kemper) goes bobbing for apples on "The Office."

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A review of tonight's "The Office" coming up just as soon as I discuss the extremes of the human physique...

The "Community" gang dealt with a zombie attack on Halloween.

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We're going to do something a little different for this week's "Community." Rather than a straight review, I'm going to offer some behind-the-scenes tidbits about the conception of this episode - tidbits that, as I'll explain, would be more detailed if I wasn't a complete spaz. But I got to hang in the "Community" writers room for an afternoon while Dan Harmon and the staff worked on the outline for "Epidemiology," and I got to see a later draft of the script, and I got to interview Harmon about it (which we'll get back to in a moment), so rather than a review - and I did laugh a bunch of times, even after hearing most of the jokes in multiple stages previously - I've got some making-of tidbits, all coming up just as soon as I'm accidentally handsome in a costume...

"Big Love" will end after its fifth and final season.

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Good news for "Big Love" fans: HBO gave a specific premiere date for the fifth season, which will debut on Sunday, January 16.

Bad news for "Big Love" fans: HBO also said that the fifth season will be the show's last.

Courteney Cox and Ken Jenkins on last night's "Cougar Town."

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A review of last night's "Cougar Town" coming up just as soon as my car smells like conch...

Britt (Michael Raymond-James) got stuck in Mexico in tonight's "Terriers."

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A review of tonight's "Terriers" coming up just as soon as I show on the anatomically correct doll where the bad bearded man touched me...