Forgetting about the critiques themselves, I liked the Washington Post's classification system for its fall preview so much that I made a table so you could easily scan it.
WaPo has mini-reviews for all the shows in the table. And people paying close attention will notice there are also a few shows from cable (Bored to Death, White Collar, and Sherri) as well as The Wanda Sykes Show.
| Best | Good-to-Okay | Meh'-to-'Bleh' | The Dreck & Blech | Who Knows? |
| Cougar Town | Accidentally on Purpose | Brothers | The Cleveland Show | The Forgotten |
| Glee | Community | Eastwick | Melrose Place | The Beautiful Life: TBL |
| The Middle | V | Sherri | Hank | NCIS: Los Angeles |
| The Good Wife | Flash Forward | Three Rivers | The Vampire Diaries | The Wanda Sykes Show |
| Modern Family | Bored to Death | White Collar | ||
| Mercy | ||||
| Trauma |
