‘Atlanta’: Donald Glover’s Amazing New Sitcom

Atlanta, the new half-hour FX series from Donald Glover (Community), is satisfying and exciting on every level. It’s funny—often laugh-out-loud funny, the saga of an ambitious but struggling young man, Earn Marks (Glover), who’s living hand-to-mouth in Atlanta and trying to better his life. Atlanta, which starts airing Tuesday night, also manages to achieve the rhythm of a hiphop album consisting of medium-tempo, bumping grooves—it rolls along at a pace that becomes hypnotic.