NBC’s ‘Superstore’ throws essential worker characters into coronavirus pandemic in Season 6 return

Few shows are better equipped to reflect the current pandemic than one about essential workers in a big box store.So those behind “Superstore” felt compelled to rework Season 6 of the sitcom, which was to premiere Thursday on NBC.“We all decided that it would be crazy irresponsible of us, a show that is tackling hot-button topics and the public and political and zeitgeist-y interest, if we just pretended that this massive, global, life-defining pandemic didn’t exist,” said Ben Feldman, who plays sales associate Jonah.Star America Ferrera was supposed to leave the show at the end of Season 5, b…

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