The Latest Breaking News from Bob Odenkirk

After playing the con-artist attorney Saul Goodman for six seasons on “Better Call Saul," Bob Odenkirk is returning to his comedic roots with the series “Lucky Hank.”

When television goes to college, it's usually to focus on the students, with their youth, dewy skin and lust for life undimmed by time, experience or perspective. These shows offer a hit of fantasy nostalgia for older viewers and a flattering mirror for younger ones. They're sexy by nature.

As a disillusioned professor on this smart, new AMC series, the actor finds the decency in a deeply cynical character.

Actress Anna Maxwell Martin obliterates the stereotype of the ever-so-proper British matron sipping tea from a porcelain cup. Leaning back in her straight-backed chair and plopping her arm on the table in front of her, Martin admits that one of her failings is her penchant for telling the unvarnished truth.…