I don’t dislike RED BAND SOCIETY.  Not fully.  I liked Octavia Spencer very much.  And Dave Annable is great and beautiful with that salt-and-pepper hair going on.  And I really like everything regarding Thomas Ian Nicholas and Wilson Cruz and Griffin Dunne.  Are you sensing a theme yet?  Because therein lies the problem – I should like at least something related to the kids in the show that make up 60-70% of the cast and story.  But I didn’t.  Nothing felt memorable, where everything else felt too treacly and saccharine for my tastes.  I’ll give it a second episode to see if they can shake off all the pilot-problems, but I’m doing so with hesitation.

In short: Not a 100% “skip this” but more like a 50% “watch with caution.”

Check out some pretty gallery images from the show while deciding whether to set the DVR:

RED BAND SOCIETY

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RED BAND SOCIETY: From Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television and starring Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer ("The Help," "Fruitvale Station"), Dave Annable ("Brothers & Sisters," "666 Park Avenue") and a charismatic cast of fresh faces, RED BAND SOCIETY is a provocative, inspiring and, at times, comic young ensemble drama told through the eyes of a group of teenagers who meet as patients in the pediatric ward of Ocean Park Hospital in Los Angeles. RED BAND SOCIETY premieres Wednesday, Sep. 17 (9:00 - 10:00 ET/ PT) on FOX. Pictured Clockwise From Bottom: Griffin Gluck, Ciara Bravo, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Wilson Cruz, Nolan Sotillo, Brian Bradley, Charlie Rowe, Zoe Levin, Dave Annable and Octavia Spenser. CR: Brian Bowen Smith / FOX. Copyright 2014 FOX Braodcasting co.