With ‘Government Cheese,’ Apple TV+ vaults into 1960s San Fernando Valley

Set in a version, or a vision, of the northwest San Fernando Valley in 1969, “Government Cheese,” premiering Wednesday on Apple TV+, belongs to a class of visually striking comic dramas that slip in out of the naturalistic “real” world, while remaining emotionally coherent. I’m thinking of “Lodge 49” with which this show shares an … Read more