"Zoey's" Extraordinary Handling of Race Issues

I said in my last piece on this show that watching NBC's Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist unfold as a series would be a "colorful, hilarious, emotionally grounded experience," and you know what? I was right. Starring current Golden Globe Award nominee Jane Levy (above left), Zoey's -- a dramedy about a young woman who can read people's emotional minds in musical number form only -- ended up being so damn good it was green lit for a second season. It earned that renewal by gracefully walking the fine line that exists between impressively doing something that could be lame and beating said thing to death by overdoing it. This week, through the same storytelling mechanism the series uses to bring us deeper into these rich characters, Zoey's used its powers for good to bring us a powerful message about racial bias.