With TV writers on hiatus during the Corona Virus pandemic and the criteria for acceptable political opinions changing day by day even as an election approaches, it is worthwhile to pause and to look back at a few recent short-lived sitcoms.  Such reflection might enable TV writers to tackle political and social issues with a humor that is engaging to people of different opinions. CBS’s two-season Superior Donuts series (2017-2018) addressed race relations and the dangers faced by African American youth in American cities.   It also dabbled a bit in the conservative-liberal political divide. With a sympathetic cast and above average writing, it could have offered a healthy exchange of ideas. But it fell short. The promising pilot episode was written by the show’s creators, Bob Daily, Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan. Seventy-five-year-old Jewish curmudgeon donut shop owner Arthur Przybyszewski (Judd Hirsch) is a recent widower who had...(Read Full Article)