The American sex comedy is alive and well and enrolled at Yates College, safe in the hands of Overcompensating star and creator Benito Skinner and showrunner Scott King.

A throwback to classics like American Pie and Mean Girls and a trailblazer in the stories it tells, Overcompensating is a smart and funny look at the deeply closeted Benny (Skinner), whose first year in college brings with it a lot of other firsts — and a new best friend in Carmen (Wally Baram), who has her own collegiate ups and downs (and ins and outs). Somehow, the odd-couple pairing of internet darling Skinner and MadTV alum King is to the show’s benefit.

“[Producers] A24 and Amazon were like, ‘We want to set you up with a few showrunners,’” Skinner says. “And I was so nervous. I will admit, in this moment, I was in Italy when I did the Zoom, and I...