Premiering on Television: Superior Donuts, Powerless, and Training Day (New at Reason)

In honor of your New Year’s resolution to lose weight, the broadcast networks are rolling out a whole night’s menu of Television Lite this week, fluffy spinoffs and remakes with minimal caloric intake. It may not be great TV, but it’s arguably the best news for dieters since the FDA backed down from its threat to ban saccharine,

The best of the bunch is probably CBS’ sitcom Superior Donuts, an adaptation of the Tracy Letts stage play about a tattered old donut shop fighting to survive the gentrification of its uptown Chicago neighborhood. Television critic Glenn Garvin explores the show, along with newcomers Powerless and Training Day.

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