MattH, I watched caught the first episodes of both PARKS AND REC. and SOUTHLAND.
Loved SOUTHLAND....some really good actors in that, particularly Regina King and the guy who plays the rookie. Wasn't expecting the final scene, but that sealed the deal that this will be a show I will watch regularly. It reminds me greatly of ADAM 12, but with more regular characters and it makes a nice replacement for LIFE ON MARS.
PARKS AND REC. shows promise, but it really is a THE OFFICE clone. I will continue to watch it for a while before I make up my mind. I keep remembering that when I rented season 1 of THE OFFICE in order to catch up on the seasons that I missed, and after watching the first several episodes I thought to myself "If I had started out with this show when if first began I would likely have not gotten past the first two episdoes." THE OFFICE really got better in later seasons, I think.