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God’s Favorite Idiot, Netflix

IF YOU’D like an easy laugh, tune into this glossy new comedy with Ben Falcone as Clark Thompson, an unassuming IT worker who, one day, is hit by lightning and begins to glow. It transpires that he has been chosen by God, and Clark’s girlfriend (Falcone’s real spouse, Melissa McCarthy, pictured with Falcone) is keen to help in his new work.