After watching "Parks and Recreation" and "Harper's Island", I have to say that "Southland" and "The Unusuals" look a lot better.

"Parks and Recreation" was just a miss on pretty much every level. I know people like Amy Poehler but she doesn't fit the role. (And honestly, I think time slot rival Christina Applegate is a better comedic actress). Aziz Ansari doesn't do anything with his role and Rashida Jones is just kind of there. Even worse, the documentary style that they took from "The Office" adds nothing. They'd be better off dropping it and going with a standard single camera comedy. A few of the jokes could have been better if they came about naturally rather than having it banged over our heads in an interview bite. I watched parts of "In the Motherhood" and "Samantha Who?" and both of those shows were funnier and more clever. Not that i'll watch them but they were head and shoulders better. At this point, NBC might as well air "Caroline in the City" reruns on Thursday's. (Or just show "30 Rock" and "30 Rock" reruns)

On a side note, I think the funniest thing I saw on my TV this evening was in the channel guide. I was checking what was on the movie channels and Cinemax was showing "Cleavagefield". The show description was something like naked people run from a monster. One google search later and I found a trailer for the film.

As for "Harper's Island", it was just boring. It played like a watered down straight-to-DVD horror film. At times, it was borderline parody; every character did something that made them seem like they might be the killer or the next villain. And by the time someone did die, it was just poorly done. There was no tension. No fright. No reason to continue watching. But who knows, maybe the guys who did Cleavagefield could take the script and turn it into a plumper soft-core porn, "Heffer's Island".