David Bianculli

This new season of the Apple TV+ series leans on musicals of the 1960s and '70s. Subtitled "Schmicago!," season 2 is tighter and better-plotted than the original, and also more inventive.

This new series, based on Richard Russo's 1997 novel Straight Man, stars Odenkirk as a tenured English professor who struggles to navigate the tiny fiefdoms and giant egos of academia.

In 1981, Brooks wrote, directed and starred in a collection of short comedy sketches, called History of the World: Part I. Forty-two years later, he's presenting an eight-episode TV sequel for Hulu.