Come and get your love: F Is For Family is back

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Friday, November 30 and Saturday, December 1. All times are Eastern.

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F Is For Family (Netflix, Friday): If the marketing for this series from Simpsons writer Michael Price and comedian Bill Burr makes it look like a tour of 1970s nostalgia, the show itself proves that decade to be far from idyllic. Instead, F Is For Family satirizes a specific variety of familial dysfunction that was more prevalent in that decade (though still relevant today), one in which it’s perfectly acceptable to hit and cuss at your kids, and which sees a housewife wanting more and a patriarchal husband resenting her for it. (Ah, yes, those were the days.) So crude and outrageous though it may be, last season saw the show dealing with issues like everyday workplace misogyny and male patriarchal insecurity.

We last left Frank (Burr) and Sue (Laura Dern), having finally worked through their marital issues, discussing going back to school to pursue their dreams. But the season-three trailer instead shows the family anticipating an exciting summer of block parties and movie nights, as well as getting to know their impressive new neighbor (Vince Vaughn). It’s hard to say exactly where this season will take the Murphys next, but with vocal talent like Dern, Burr, Vaughn, Sam Rockwell, Justin Long (New Girl, Alvin And The Chipmunks), Debi Derryberry (Toy Story, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius), and Haley Reinhart (America Idol), it’s likely to be a pretty good place.