The first season of Apple TV+’s “Schmigadoon!” didn’t quite live up to its clever concept or undeniably talented ensemble. In a fascinating twist worthy of a great Broadway show, the second season actually makes the first year better by revealing it to be the foundation on which this year is built. As a season, it felt a little unsatisfying. As an opening act? That’s a different story.

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Being able to now take the show as a two-season experiment makes the big swings of the first year more enjoyable by giving them a dance partner.

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Animator Loren Bouchard first opened the doors on “Bob’s Burgers” back in 2011, telling a working-class narrative about a dysfunctionally loving family struggling to keep their oceanside burger joint afloat despite the efforts of competing restaurants, vengeful health inspectors, and their pernicious kooky landlord to put them out of business. The series determinedly downplays politics: Bouchard and his writers prioritize the Belcher clan first and baked-in socioeconomic concerns second, letting interactions between the former tease out the latter.

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