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HAVEN’T WE SEEN them somewhere before? That’s the point. Displaying a collective amnesia so common to broadcast networks, a new wave of wobbly comedic star vehicles once again proves a painful point: that sitcoms are often better at creating new stars than at repackaging familiar faces.

The exception to this rule, as it has been for decades, is Ted Danson. Fresh from his inspired and touching work as the most human of demons on , he glides effortlessly into the more earthbound role of NBC’s cluelessly benign , from masterminds Tina Fey and Robert Carlock.

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