Fox's 'The Following': Numb to violence, and deadly dull

Keep your wits about you, lest you mistake Fox's new serial killer drama "The Following" for a good television show. Despite its dour atmospherics and some attempts at higher-caliber acting from Kevin Bacon and a large ensemble cast, "The Following" is a trite, gratuitously violent exercise in still more stylishly imagined American horror stories. It is filled with melodramatic sleuthing that you've seen over and over. Enough is enough, isn't it?