In that regard, the HBO show -- which returns for its third and final season beginning April 16 -- has become emblematic of a subgenre that has gained a growing toehold, one that New York Times critic James Poniewozik recently dubbed "surreality TV." "Leftovers" has gained a fair amount of company in fitting that description. Other examples include the FX series "Legion," the second season of USA's "Mr. "Twin Peaks," an ahead-of-its-time exercise in surreality, will also be revived on Showtime in May. Television writers have clearly embraced this expanded freedom, and prestige networks have grown more willing to indulge them.

Source: CNN April 12, 2017 15:45 UTC