The Neighbors
Wednesdays (tonight at 9:30; starting next week at 8:30) on ABC

If you've heard much about "The Neighbors" before now, it could be because it has already made several "worst of" lists this fall. But I don't think it deserves that at all.

I think if you embrace what they're trying to do here, which is to be very, very silly (think "3rd Rock from the Sun" -- except goofier), you may even chuckle a time or two.

Here's the premise: Aliens from the planet Zabvron arrived on Earth in 2001, then bought up an entire subdivision to occupy while they awaited further instructions from home. Ten years later, they're still waiting for those communications when a sudden vacancy allows a family of humans to move in.