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When I wanted to check a movie review, I always went to Roger Ebert.  His site is still going and may be run by his wife Chas, I don't know but I miss Roger.  

 

TV reviews are tricky.  There are too many critics who blow smoke for personal reasons.  If they are too heavy handed that means they may not be invited to parties or gatherings where some have been offended by them.   And I believe others don't watch the show but mirror other reviews.  Before this show aired there were a lot of favorable reviews that were clearly manufactured to bring in viewers.  Those reviews were all very much the same and made no mention of particular plot points or characters.  None.  

 

When they say this has been renewed, it is for another installment totally different from this one, I hope.  

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According to  this article http://deadline.com/2015/05/felicity-huffman-timothy-hutton-return-american-crime-season-2-abc-1201427118/, both Felicity Huffman and Timothy Hutton will be coming back, but playing completely different characters. So I guess this is going to end up being like "American Horror Story," with many of the same actors coming back, but with a completely new storyline each season.

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I truly do not understand how this got renewed. The ratings are terrible. There's not been a lot of critical acclaim that I have seen.

 

Final season averages: 1.16 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.98 million total viewers

 

The 5th annual Critics' Choice Television Awards nominated the show for Best Limited Series, Felicity Huffman for Best Actress in a Movie or Limited Series, and Elvis Nolasco for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Limited Series. Metacritic gave it an 84, Rotten Tomatoes 95%.

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Final season averages: 1.16 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.98 million total viewers

 

The 5th annual Critics' Choice Television Awards nominated the show for Best Limited Series, Felicity Huffman for Best Actress in a Movie or Limited Series, and Elvis Nolasco for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Limited Series. Metacritic gave it an 84, Rotten Tomatoes 95%.

 

Perhaps because it has all the trappings of a serious drama the critics have mistaken it for one.    Standards today are so low.  The show is a weekly exercise in cliche, mediocrity and race-baiting.   My guess: the Michael Brown and Freddie Gray cases have artificially pumped up the show's "relevance" rating.

 

I personally nominate the show for "Most Hateable Set of Characters Since Six Feet Under."

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American Crime Season 2 to Focus on Sexual Identity, Class Warfare

“[in Season 1] we dealt with race and faith; in Season 2 we want to deal a lot more with class,” exec producer John Ridley tells TVLine. “We want to deal with gender issues, sexual orientation and sexual identity.”

 

The acclaimed drama will also shift its setting from Northern California to “the midwest” and feature a different “inciting incident,” according to Ridley. (TVLine has learned that much of the Season 2 action is expected to take place at an elite prep school that boasts a disparate student body, including a gay basketball star.)

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Final season averages: 1.16 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.98 million total viewers

 

The 5th annual Critics' Choice Television Awards nominated the show for Best Limited Series, Felicity Huffman for Best Actress in a Movie or Limited Series, and Elvis Nolasco for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Limited Series. Metacritic gave it an 84, Rotten Tomatoes 95%.

 

 

That just means they like the actors and others on production.  I pay little attention to this particular award show.   There is a lot of ass kissing going on.  

Perhaps because it has all the trappings of a serious drama the critics have mistaken it for one.    Standards today are so low.  The show is a weekly exercise in cliche, mediocrity and race-baiting.   My guess: the Michael Brown and Freddie Gray cases have artificially pumped up the show's "relevance" rating.

 

I personally nominate the show for "Most Hateable Set of Characters Since Six Feet Under."

 

 

I agree but I loved Six Feet Under.  

 

I also hope the next season has a totally different flavor.  I will not sit through another tortured effort in the name of art.  

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10 Emmy noms, the most of any network series.

Of course, that number would be cut down by a ton if it was to compete as a Series rather than a "Limited Series"/Miniseries, which is a far weaker genre, but ABC justified its obvious reasons for the renewal of such a badly-rated show.

 

It's what kept Good Wife going for so long, though it took that show longer to get to its low lows.

‘American Crime’ Season 2 : John Ridley Reveals Plot

 

 

In the anthology series’ second season, Ridley reveals to Variety exclusively, the show’s central crime will revolve around a high school boy who accuses several players on a championship basketball team at a private school of sexually assaulting him — and taking photos and posting them online.

 

More at the link.

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Here's a follow-up to the basketball team rape story linked above with more details. What a horrific story! It's close to what happened on the show, but much worse. The victim ended up hospitalized.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/01/22/after-rape-of-freshman-basketball-player-a-tenn-high-school-grapples-with-accusations-of-abuse-and-lack-of-accountability/

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lol i think if you're shocked how this show gets renewed (and you haven't watched it yet), I suggest you watch it. only 10 eps a season and truly amazing. I am curious each season what twists and turns it brings. One of the seasons was a bit more disappointing in endings than the other but honestly the events that occur in the seasons are shockworthy and will have you wishing more of your friends watched this show. SEriously. 

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On 1/1/2017 at 11:24 PM, nutty1 said:

I am so happy Connor Jessup will be on season 3. Sandra Oh will also be on.....I really like her.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/american-crime-season-3-janel-moloney-abc-1201891137/

I saw the trailer and boy does it look good. This is phenomenal series and a good reason for Oh to come back to tv. I look forward to seeing her again. I also think it must be really cool/awesome for the regular actors on this series, that they get to play a different role each season. Unlike your usual series where they play the same role season after season and after a while it must get pretty stale. After a while there's  no challenge anymore. 

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I am thrilled with how many people are returning- I figured on Felicity Huffman, Regina King and Tim Hutton, but am thrilled to also see Connor Jessup and Benito Martinez. It also looks as though FH may be playing a character that I like more than in the first two seasons. I love her as an actress, but I didn't like Leslie or Barb at all (as in "they were unpleasant people, in my opinion" not "Felicity H did not play them in a compelling way").

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I'm posting this here in response to a question on the regular Episode thread. It's about how the story is set in NC, but, had difficulty being filmed here. What a bummer.  

http://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/tv/article137117058.html

I also read that the setting for most of the action, like the migrant farm, is in Alamance County, NC.  Here is the link where I saw Alamane County.  It could be off. I'll have to rewatch the show, but, maybe they'll give more details in later episodes. 

http://ew.com/recap/american-crime-season-3-premiere/

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