I've been reluctantly continuing to watch Breakout Kings solely because I knew T-Bag was coming eventually. After sitting through the entirety of Prison Break (even the really, really awful times) mostly because of the awesomeness of the multi-faceted freak show that was T-Bag, I was happy to see the character revived. And I finally got to see the episode I'd been excited for, and it delivered. Well, Robert Knepper and Jimmi Simpson delivered, the rest of the cast... were just on some other ordinary cop show.

Yes, there is another one of these. The Miami outpost of the Real Housewives franchise premiered last night, and though pretty much nothing happened (other than shopping and drinking, of course), introductions are important in these situations, and it's nice to know who we'll be dealing with for the next couple months. I've run down a few thoughts (i.e. snap judgments) about each new cast member below, so read along and then post your own take in the comments. It's fun for the whole family!

With Fringe's recent reveal that newly weaponized Peter Bishop will determine who wins the impending war between universes solely by choosing an Olivia to be with (it's a lot less stupid than that, but we're paraphrasing for brevity's sake), it seems to us that Peter shares some commonalities with another TV icon: the Bachelor. And since choosing an Olivia makes the foundation for the most dramatic inter-universe rose ceremony ever, we thought we'd run down each girl's pros and cons to help the guy decide.

Lately, the news has been filled with reports of pilot episodes for new series getting ordered by all of the major networks, not to mention basic and premium cable channels. And while it's presumptuous to form opinions about them based on little more than a one-sentence description, once you factor in casting news and who the writer and director are, you start to get a pretty good idea of what to expect. Not counting shows still in the scripting stage, or shows that already have a series commitment, here are some of the best- and worst-sounding pilots being developed -- although since they get added and dropped frequently, this may not be fully accurate for long. (Generic-sounding romantic comedies and family dramas get a bye this round, because it's hard to muster strong feelings about them, but we'll revisit them if and when they make it to series.)

Considering the people behind Showtime's new Hollywood-skewering series Episodes are TV biz veterans -- it was created by David Crane, who also created Friends, and Jeffrey Klarik, who worked on Mad About You and Dream On -- I expected some Extras-esque insights here. Some genuine and refreshing roasting of the television process, particularly regarding the adaptation of British television for American audiences. What I didn't expect were few and far-between laughs, a bunch of caricatures in supporting roles, two of the most irritating protagonists I have ever seen, and for the presence of Matt LeBlanc to be the only thing worth watching about it, which is what I got. Truly, it was a shocking experience watching this pilot.

I loved T-Bag from Prison Break; in fact, he was one of the best things about that stupid show. When we last saw him, he was being hauled off to solitary confinement for unknowingly helping Michael bust Sara out of jail. But now Robert Knepper is reprising the role of T-Bag on the upcoming show Breakout Kings from Prison Break producers Matt Olmstead and Nick Santora. I'd love it if other producers reached back to their old shows and revived some of our favorite characters on their current projects. Here's our wish list:

It was reported the other day that The CW was only going to give Life Unexpected 13 episodes for its sophomore season, which makes the chances for a third season fairly slim. As viewers of this guilty pleasure, we just hope that the show will answer several burning questions for us while they still have time. No, not whether Cate and Baze end up together (we don't care), but the really important stuff.

I hated the Outsourced pilot and felt similarly about its second episode, but since by that point the ratings had settled down into numbers low enough to be considered pretty irrelevant (even though the show has been renewed for an entire season), I decided to stop watching for a while. But last night, while I was waiting for Grey's and Nikita to finish recording in the other room, and the World Series game was beginning to look like the shut-out (go Giants!) it ultimately became, I decided to revisit the show to see why a few of you have defended it so passionately. And I guess I'm glad that I did, because even though it definitely wasted twenty minutes of my time, it did reinforce my confidence that I have not been unfair to this show. Here are the two biggest ongoing issues with Outsourced then and now.

It may seem unlikely that an original HBO gangster drama with a stellar cast and Oscar winner Martin Scorsese behind the camera would have much, if anything, in common with the gang of overly-tanned fist pumpers wreaking havoc on both clubs and our nation's intelligence. But I was surprised to find plenty of similarities between Boardwalk Empire and Jersey Shore beyond both of them being set on the sandy shores of the Garden State. Some things just never change, especially in South Jersey.

Last season, I was charmed by the sweet tale of a 16-year-old who sought out her birth parents so she could get emancipated and ended up finding a family. Well, charmed for one episode, before Life Unexpected turned into a ridiculous love triangle between Cate and Baze and Ryan that just went around and around until I felt like I was going to puke from the whole tilt-a-whirl of it all. And Lux (the initially adorable teen) ended up being a totally selfish and unrealistic ass who dated a guy named Bug and was mainly good at turning people against each other. By the time Cate and Ryan's wedding rolled around at the end of the season, which Baze tried to crash and Lux tried to manipulate, I was completely over this show. But, being the masochist that I am, I decided to give the Season 2 premiere a look. The result: I only wanted to punch the screen some of the time, which is a marked improvement. Here are what I hope are the signs of good things to come this year: