It's that time of year again. Critics-and these days, that means anyone within reach of a keyboard-have tallied their lists of best and worst new broadcast shows premiering this week as the 2014-15 season begins, based in many cases on a pilot episode. A few unlucky hopefuls (mainly NBC's The Mysteries of Laura and Bad Judge) have become the wrong kind of critics' darlings, attracting a pile-on of scorn and abuse.
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