Critic's Notebook: Try to believe in the new TV season

For a television critic, the beginning of any new season is a bit like the first days of school, a time of unbroken bindings, neatly ordered notebooks and tantalizing blank pages. Surely this year will be different — every class and teacher, no matter how quirky, will be interesting.

By Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times Television Critic

January 4, 2013