Greek

Writer/creator Patrick Sean Smith gives Greek a greater sense of light-hearted fun that seems more authentic to the real-world experience of college as "the best years."

Rusty - as played by newcomer Jacob Zachar - is one of the most likable characters to come along on any TV show in a very long time.

Greek is a decidedly unromantic teenage soap opera.

Greek lacks the acidic one-liners that mark great satires like Heathers, but it strains against its conventional boundaries just enough to be enticing.

Greek is bound-and-determined to retain focus on its core cast, even if some of the machinations to make that possible come across as slightly contrived and belabored.

Much of the writing in the first episode is competent, but it's hard to judge whether it will rise above that, because Smith has to spend so many words establishing the bases for all the plot developments to come.

All Greek offers is a predictable teenage soap opera set amongst the pretty people of fraternity row.