TV review: Ben and Kate  By Columbus Alive From the September
20, 2012 edition  There’s no shortage of family comedies on the
network landscape, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for
something worthwhile like Fox’s “Ben and Kate.” There’s nothing
original or particularly fantastic about “Ben and Kate,” but it
sure is likable.  Kate (Dakota Johnson), who had a daughter (an
adorable Maggie Elizabeth Jones) too young, is the responsible
sister to her impetuous older brother Ben (Nat Faxon.) Ben
usually just blows through town sporadically needing things like
“a piñata and six dresses, sizes eight through 12” or a bear
trap, but by the end of the pilot he finds a reason to stay. The
uber-responsible Kate needs a little wild card in her life.  The
cast and its chemistry is the best part of “Ben and Kate.” Faxon
fills the entire show with madcap energy, and he and Johnson are
a solid odd couple. Brit Lucy Punch (“Dinner with Schmucks,”
“Bad Teacher”) is the breakout star as Kate’s best friend BJ and
shines in