Sen. Mitch Carmichael, a Jackson County Republican and majority leader, will replace Sen. Bill Cole as the chamber’s presiding officer and lieutenant governor.

Among TV series, “Atlanta,” ”black-ish,” ”Insecure,” ”Survivor’s Remorse” and “The Carmichael Show” will vie for comedy honors.

The first step in solving this mystery will be to replicate the team’s result, says Ann Carmichael, an emeritus historian at Indiana University in Bloomington.