The Kominsky Method

Both Douglas and Arkin earned awards nominations for the show (Douglas won a Golden Globe, a statuette that isn’t quite as glittery these days), which cast the former as imperious acting coach Sandy Kominsky, and the latter as his longtime agent and friend, Norman Newlander.Norman’s exit is logically explained, and his shadow hangs over the third season, which sees Sandy tackling fresh challenges and responsibilities, while significantly reconnecting with his ex-wife Roz (Kathleen Turner), in what amounts to an extended “Romancing the Stone” reunion.

Sandy also frets about the future of his daughter, Mindy (Sarah Baker), who is heading toward the altar with her much-older boyfriend Martin (Paul Reiser), a situation that Roz embraces more philosophically than her ex. As for the colorful characters at the acting class, success for one of Sandy’s students brings him into contact with Morgan Freeman, playing — in the best “Entourage”-like Hollywood tradition — an appropriately jaundiced version of himself, in a savvy spoof of TV dramas.Produced by sitcom maestro Chuck Lorre (“The Big Bang Theory,” “Young Sheldon” and more), “Kominsky Method” clearly relishes its latitude in terms of risqué language, sexual situations and showbiz jokes aimed at people who have dined at Hollywood hangout Musso and Frank’s.The show’s real provocation, however, has been its laser focus on the indignities of aging, a genuine indulgence in an industry notorious for how harshly it treats its elders.