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Commentary: How 'Atlanta's' ambition changed the face of TV forever

“Atlanta” creator and star Donald Glover, right.

Donald Glover's "Atlanta" came to an end Thursday on FX, completing a four-season voyage of discovery into just what can be accomplished with a title, an adventurous crew and 41 episodes of television. Appropriately, it ends with an episode (unseen as of this writing) written by Glover and directed by Hiro Murai, who together made the first episode as well, and set the tone for one of television's greatest, which is not to say most watched, series.

On the possibly very good chance "Atlanta" is new to you (you can watch it all on Hulu, then watch it again), it's built around a quartet of characters. Glover, who created the show and grew up just outside to Atlanta, plays Earn, who comes back to town, having sometime earlier

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