PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS
Showtime, 10:10 p.m. ET
SEASON PREMIERE: Technically, this is a series return, since Showtime’s Penny Dreadful has been dormant for four years. It’s also a sort of reboot, since, like Fargo, it’s restarting itself with an all-new story and setting, and with an almost entirely new cast. The original Penny Dreadful took three seasons to tell its Victorian-era tale, a mashup cleverly combining the narratives of Victor Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll, Dorian Grey and Dracula. Now, for City of Angels, this new Penny Dreadful jumps to 1930s Los Angeles, with a narrative about a murder case and race war incited by a female demon (Natalie Dormer, who takes several forms here, and is fun to watch as each). For my full review on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, visit the Fresh Air website. For background info, see Mike Hughes' Open Mike.