This is one of the most intelligent, and the most mature, series being produced for US television, and that it can maintain such a truthful yet witty tone without slipping over into cloying cuteness nor wallowing in soap.
Currently in its third season, ABC has placed it in a death spot, against a popular and not-bad LAW AND ORDER spinoff and CBS's durable filler 48 HOURS on late Friday nights. Catch it while you can, as apparently Lifetime cable channel, which had been running it, has dumped it.
Each of the Herskowitz and Zwick shows has been better than the last, and ONCE AND AGAIN (following, in reverse chronological order, the extremely good RELATIVITY, the good MY SO-CALLED LIFE, and the occasionally interesting THIRTYSOMETHING) is the first to get a second season for a while...
Currently in its third season, ABC has placed it in a death spot, against a popular and not-bad LAW AND ORDER spinoff and CBS's durable filler 48 HOURS on late Friday nights. Catch it while you can, as apparently Lifetime cable channel, which had been running it, has dumped it.
Each of the Herskowitz and Zwick shows has been better than the last, and ONCE AND AGAIN (following, in reverse chronological order, the extremely good RELATIVITY, the good MY SO-CALLED LIFE, and the occasionally interesting THIRTYSOMETHING) is the first to get a second season for a while...