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3	''Superior Donuts'' is a sitcom that premiered in 2016 on Creator/{{CBS}}.
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5	It takes place at the titular donut shop, run by Arthur Przybyzewski ({{Creator/Judd Hirsch}}), an old-fashioned man who struggles to keep his shop in business. He hires Franco Wicks ({{Creator/Jermaine Fowler}}), an aspiring artist determined to help the shop. Other characters include police officer Randy [=DeLuca=] ({{Creator/Katy Segel}}), unemployed customer Carl "Tush" Tushinski ({{Creator/David Koechner}}), and landlord Fawz ({{Creator/Maz Jobrani}}) who wants to buy the shop.
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8	* ActorAllusion: After Arthur fails his driver's test in "Pedal to the Meddle", he rants about how the test was rigged, insisting [[Series/{{Taxi}} he knows what a yellow light means.]]
9	** Not the first series Katy Sagal has been on that takes place in [[Series/MarriedWithChildren Chicago]].
10	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Maya, who hangs around the shop to do homework, stops hanging around after the first season. Possibly justified in that the season finale reveals [[spoiler: she was hanging around to research the staff and patrons for a college paper.]]
11	* DisappearedDad: Arthur was this for his own daughter until the second season Thanksgiving episode. An inverted example occurs with Franco, who got thrown out of the house by his own dad (played by Creator/CedricTheEntertainer, but the two sorta patch things up in the same episode).
12	* DonutMessWithACop: Officers Randy and James are regulars at the donut shop, as was Randy's father, who was also a cop.
13	* IronicEcho: In "What the Truck?", Sofia parks her food truck in front of the shop, blocking the view of the shop from customers. When Arthur argues that Sofia can't park her truck there, she puts money in the parking meter before saying that she can. [[spoiler: After Arthur gets the idea to park his boat there so that she can't park there, Sofia tells him that he can't park there, at which he puts money in the meter.]]
14	* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Tush is in the "gig economy", subsisting on odd jobs rather than holding down a steady job.
15	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Sweatpants. So far, his real name hasn't been revealed.
16	* PoorCommunicationKills: This almost happens when the shop introduces their new [[=PB=]] & J donuts.
17	-->'''Tush:''' Oh! I can't feel my face! Quick, are there peanuts in those donuts?
18	-->'''Arthur:''' There's peanut butter. What did you think the "[=PB=]" stood for?
19	-->'''Tush:''' Probably Bacon!
20	* PutOnABus: After the first season, Randy's partner, James Jordan, is transferred to another police station.
21	* TakeAThirdOption: In “Electile Disfunction”, Fawz is running for a second term as president of the neighborhood association and wants to tear down a local park for more parking space. Franco convinces Arthur to run against him and save the park, but while campaigning, Arthur learns that the other business owners want more parking. During the debate, the two flip-flop on the issue, until [[spoiler:Sofia suggests using an abandoned building as a parking garage. The others decide to vote for her as a write-in candidate, as she is the only one who reads the bylaws]].
22	* VillainousGentrification: Arthur is struggling due to most of his customers moving away as the neighborhood has gentrified, while Fawz tries to buy him out to attract a younger, hipper clientele.
23	* TokenGoodCop: Whilst the show doesn't present the Chicago PD in a positive light, with the characters often joking about how ineffectual, corrupt, racist and violent it is, Randy and James usually either sheepishly accept or [[ActuallyPrettyFunny laugh along to with the others]] and the two are still presented as overall honest and decent if a bit lazy cops. Other cops to appear tend to be at best antagonist and ineffectual, if not flat out corrupt or bigoted.

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