Return of the Poker Face

Flight of the Conchords “is finally back” on American television screens for a second season. The Los Angeles Times reviews the series opener on HBO: “Mixing the ironic whimsicality of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ with the premise and structure of ‘The Monkees,’ filtered through a downtown New York sensibility, ‘Conchords’ was twice as delightful when it landed for being so completely unexpected and unpredictable. Fundamentally good-natured, if never what you’d call cheerful – except during musical fantasy interludes, their pans are as dead as pans – they continually betray each other, in small and large ways, because they are easily misled and distracted and because they are so ill-informed about the workings of the world.” The New York Times writes: “As always, the New Zealand accents make everything funnier.” Flight of the Conchords were nominated for two Emmys in 2008, for Best Writing (Comedy Series) and Best Directing (Comedy Series).