Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidtseason 3 debuts at a time when its never been easier to find a laugh on television.

Thats not even to mention theIts Always Sunnys,Broad CitysorBlack-ishsof the world.

With that many options,Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidthas to do a lot to keep up with the comedy Joness.

It has to be meta likeRick and Morty.

It has to be melancholy likeBoJack Horseman.

It has to be hyper plot-focused likeSilicon Valley.

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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidtis precisely none of those things.

It isnt that concerned with how tightly plotted its stories are or how groundbreaking its format is.

On paperUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidtshouldnt be keeping up with the comedy Joness.

Kimmycreators Tina Fey and Robert Carlock have been at this comedy writing thing for awhile.

You know Fey from precisely everything and you know Carlock from being Tina Feys buddy.

Its a style that can be best described as Can we fit a joke into this scene?

Well then scrap that shit.

Each moment has screen has value forKimmy Schmidtonly if its designed to make us laugh.

Reviewing a new season ofUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidtis like being a weatherman on North Korean television.

Everything sunny all the time always, fam.

Now crank out these 13 episodes, get your chuckles in and move along.

Titus obviously cuts his life-affirming cruise singer experience short.

How stark is the difference?

In that way season 3 is not unlike both seasons 1 and 2.

TV is computers now, Kimmy tells Titus about what he missed during his time on the boat.

Later Titus will assure Kimmy Everybodys gay, Kimmy!

Aside from these few cosmetic changes (and one change is literally cosmetic: Kimmys fun new adult haircut!

), Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is locked in to its formula for better or worse.

Thankfully that formula is almost always for the better.

A couple episodes will get Kimmy and friends back to the status quo.

Then another will feature someone from Kimmys past.

Then another will feature Jacquelines struggles with high society.

And most importantly, an episode will feature an absolute banger of a Jeff Richmond-composed song.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidtseason 3 doesnt break the mold.

It doesnt revolutionize what we come to expect from our TV comedy.

It doesnt make us weep or ask ourselves deep existential questions.

It does, however, make us laugh.

And thank Jeepers for that.

Rating:

4 out of 5