Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticFX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” is a master class in extending a slight premise boundlessly outward.
That series, based on Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s film, imagines a comic universe in which ancient vampires make their way through humdrum lives stripped of Transylvanian glamour in modern New York City.
There’s real comic potential, all taking place within a clearly defined reality.By contrast, “Wellington Paranormal,” a series executive produced by Clement and Waititi, plays according to a relatively elastic set of rules. (The series is launching this month on the CW, and available to stream the next day on HBO Max, after a run on TV in New Zealand in 2018.) Its central two cops — played by Karen.
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