Though Marc Cherry's Devious Maids may be a bit of an on-the-nose tribute to his wildly successful Desperate Housewives both in title and structure, the new Lifetime series' pilot was far better than most of the latter-day Housewives episodes. Maids is funny, dark and stars four Latina women -- if the rest of the series follow the pilot's lead (and after watching episode two, "Setting the Table," I'm optimistic it will), Lifetime will have something worth watching other than Dance Moms and How I Met Your Mother reruns.

Lifetime is really into the whole life-imitating-art thing -- if their movies count as art now.

Given that it cast Lindsay Lohan of all people as Elizabeth Taylor, there was no way in hell that the Lifetime-produced biopic Liz & Dick -- which chronicled La Liz's turbulent romance with Richard Burton (played by Grant Bowler) -- was going to be any good. Still, even we were impressed by how terrible the finished product turned out to be -- a telefilm lacking the subtlety, grace and nuance of your average Ed Wood production... or even your typical Lifetime movie-of-the-week. (Let's just say that we expect more from the network that gave us My Stepson, My Lover among other classics.) Here are the ten most ridiculous things about this utterly ridiculous waste of two hours:

An SNL cast member is getting their own show and it's probably not who you'd expect.

Anyone fancy a spot of tea?

Oh great, another relationship with a very limited expiration date.

Please, not another Bunheads.

What's the best way to save money on TV merchandising? Have fans design it.

Your favorite TV doctor is back, and no, it's not the mean one with the cane.

"Siri -- confirm that I really do have the moves like Jagger."