As is almost always the case, there are some good shows arriving this fall. Few, however, seem special — and fewer still appear to have the potential to change the TV landscape.

Black-ish (ABC, Wednesday, 9:30 ET/PT; * * * ½ out of four) is one of those few.

A throwback to the All in the Family days when sitcoms linked saying something funny with saying something meaningful, Black-ish explores what it means to be black in America today — including whether it does (or should) mean anything at all. As others have discovered, that’s a risky area to enter, ringed by barbed wire, surrounded by a moat, and laden with land mines. But where others fear (or in some cases, should have feared) to tread, Anthony Anderson and creator Kenya Baris are stomping with glee.

Read the complete article at USA Today.com.

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