'How to Live with Your Parents' review: A promising start

But funny? Surprisingly, yeah, for the most part. No great surprise because ABC does a good job with its comedy development. The shows mostly look good, are well-made and don't offend too much. They're (mostly) quirky, observational and ironic enough without pounding a bat over viewers' heads proclaiming that they are quirky, observational and ironic. At the high end of the scale -- "Modern Family," "Happy Endings," "The Middle," even "The Neighbors" -- they can be very good, while even the lower end of the scale has yielded positive results ("Don't Trust the B in Apt. 23," before it became a single note and was axed).

Where does "How to Live With Your Parents" fit on this scale? Initial impression: It fits. Fans of Chalke ("Roseanne," "Scrubs") will remain fans, and everyone who long ago realized that Elizabeth Perkins was the best thing about "Weeds" will as well. And Garrett -- who's had basically one decent series run in the near-decade since "Everybody Loves Raymond" went off the air (Fox's " 'Til Death") -- looks like he belongs in this cast as well.

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