In the US: Sundays, 10/9c, ABC
In the UK: Channel 4 has the rights. No air date yet.

I'm in two minds about this one. On the one hand, we have a show about three brothers and two sisters who are all ludicrously rich. I hated almost all of them immediately. It was also pretty slow-moving and uninvolving. On the other hand, the show has a pretty stellar cast (Calista Flockhart, Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths, Balthazar Getty, Ron Rifkin, Tom Skerritt) and it has a moderately interesting set-up for the rest of the series, so maybe it'll be good.

I actually can't be arsed to review the rest of it, though. It's like trying to review a Hallmark card. Everyone has problems, although since they're the kind of problems no one can really relate to (“How dare you become a radio host and talk about your feelings about the Iraq war!” “He may have embezzled money from the pension fund!”, etc), I'm not sure how much I can empathise with anyone. There are the usual second thoughts about marriage proposals, etc, etc. Pretty generic, pretty turgid, but with an incredible cast.

Toby at Inner Toob has a better review than this. There be spoilers, though. Maybe I'll be able to get into it by the third episode, but I'm going to need caffeine in big quantities.

Updates and related entries

October 12, 2006: My third-episode verdict on Brothers and Sisters.
July 31, 2008: A look at Very Annie Mary, starring Rachel Griffiths, Joanna Page, Ioan Gruffudd and Matthew Rhys