Last time out, the crew had to adjust to the loss of Jessica Walters, the voice behind former agency head Malory Archer. That would have been enough change to navigate on its own. (Throw in a global ...

There’s a reason FX’s “Archer” has a 10 p.m. time slot. The little children of the world are asleep, and its target audience, teens to immature adults, are ready for another dose of cartoon absurdity.

When Atlanta’s Adam Reed and Matt Thompson conceived “Archer” in 2009, they pitched it as “Arrested Development” meets James Bond, an adult animated spy spoof. While most networks gave them a hard ...