'Allen Gregory': clever, but not funny

Allen Gregory embarks on the greatest challenge of his life - attending elementary school with children his own age, in the series premiere episode of "Allen Gregory" airing Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. Credit: FOX
A kid depicted in his own Warhol painting is bound to exhibit a center-of-the-universe sense of take-charge-ness. Yet he's still a kid, sweetly vulnerable at heart, and desperately in love with his obese elderly principal (Renée Taylor).
But what's the point, really? Who's the audience for this? Where are the laughs?
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