His savagery camouflaged by a smile, Tom Kane is not merely the mayor of Chicago but its ruthless ruler. He’s also secretly succumbing to a brain disease that has begun robbing him of his faculties. That’s the premise of this series, whose premiere episode introduces an urban mosaic as rich as The Wire’s, and a protagonist—portrayed in a revelatory dramatic performance by Kelsey Grammer—as simultaneously repellent, pathetic, and charismatic as Tony Soprano. Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting) directed the riveting premiere. Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 10 p.m., Starz
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