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AMERICAN CRIME
January 6, 2016  | By David Bianculli

ABC, 10:00 p.m. ET

 

SEASON PREMIERE: It’s Season 2 for American Crime, which takes the approach of American Horror Story by telling an all-new story while retaining many members of the original cast – but playing new characters entirely. So Timothy Hutton and Felicity Huffman, who last year played a divorced couple whose son was killed, are back for Season 2, but in completely different roles. So is Regina King, who won a Supporting Actress Emmy last year for playing the Muslim sister of a murder suspect. This season, she plays the wealthy mother of a prep-school basketball star accused of raping a fellow student. Hutton plays the basketball coach, and Huffman (pictured) a school official who receives the complaint from the victim’s mother (Lili Taylor). It’s another strong start to John Ridley’s ambitious, complex anthology series. (See Ed Bark's review here, and David Hinckley's likewise enthusiastic review, here.)

 
 
 
 
 
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