Nah, literally right after it. wiimancj and I (maybe Athmel as well, can't remember) wrote about it in either the currently watching or the bullshit thread, should be on one of the last pages of those threads. Long story short, they kicked the man who made Community funny and hired two immeasurably unfunny guys instead. Maybe that's changed again in the meantime, I haven't kept up.
Oh... Only one way to find out: Same way people found out that 3,5 Men wasn't what they promised by replacing Charlie Sheen with Ashton Kutcher (ok, that one could've been seen coming from miles away, but meh)
Haven't seen episode 2 yet, but episode 1 was indeed quite alright. It wasn't one of their best, but it wasn't as bad as pretended. I've seen worse episodes in the previous seasons (like that one with the dice and all the different parallel universes. That one got boring reeeaaal fast). Just kinda average, maybe a bit above. Can't wait to see the second episode!