SERIES PREMIERE: It’s unfortunate for this series, set in the 1970s, that such excellent, well-written series as Big Little Lies have been televised recently, making the clunky writing and cartoonishly sketched characters of this new Paramount series seem even more absurd. The reason to watch is the casting: stars include Alicia Silverstone from Clueless and Mena Suvari from American Beauty. But the stories of suburban unhappiness, revenge and triumph were accomplished with a much more solid tone way back in Desperate Housewives. For a full review, see David Hinckley’s All Along the Watchtower, for even more from our utterly indefatigable correspondent.

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