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The Mandalorian (Disney+)

Why is "The Mandalorian" so good?

Chauncey DeVega
(Walt Disney Studios)

Kids' media is teaching pain all wrong

Melanie Noel, Abbie Jordan - The Conversation
Isla Johnston and Bill Camp in "The Queen's Gambit" (Netflix)

Where do gifted children like Beth go?

Jennifer Crane - The Conversation
Nicolas Cage, the f***ing host of "History of Swear Words" (Netflix)

Everything coming to Netflix in January

Ashlie D. Stevens
John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness in "Doctor Who" (James Pardon/BBC Studios/BBCA)

"Doctor Who" gifts us with Captain Jack

Melanie McFarland
Cobra Kai (Netflix)

"Cobra Kai" loses some of its bite

Melanie McFarland
Sarah Cooper in "Everything's Fine" | J. Lo and Shakira | Jackie Tohn and Kia Stevens in "Glow" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Netflix)

Yes, that happened in 2020

Melanie McFarland
Michelle Dockery and Matthew McConaughey in "The Gentlemen" (STX Films)

Bidding adieu to the worst films of 2020

Gary M. Kramer
Toasting with champagne (Getty Images)

The icy backstory of chilled drinks

Tulasi Srinivas - The Conversation
Laverne Cox in Disclosure (Ava Benjamin Shorr/Netflix)

Director Sam Feder talks "Disclosure"

Melanie McFarland
Laura Ingalls Wilder signing books ( Courtesy of LIW Memorial Society, De Smet, S)

Fact, fiction and "Little House"

Ashlie D. Stevens
Uzo Aduba as Shirley Chisholm and Cate Blanchett As Phyllis Schlafly in "Mrs. America" (Sabrina Lantos/FX)

TV and film got abortion wrong in 2020

Stephanie Herold, Gretchen Sisson - The Conversation
A Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS)

The defiant honesty of Colbert in 2020

Justin Pelofsky
Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams in "Eurovision Song Contest" (Elizabeth Viggiano/Netflix)

"Eurovision," the holiday laugh we need

Anna Augusto Rodrigues - The Conversation
Claire Danes as Carrie in HOMELAND (Sifeddine Elamine/SHOWTIME)

Overcoming cliched disability depictions

Magda Romanska - The Conversation
I May Destroy You | Better Call Saul | What We Do in the Shadows (Photo illustration by Salon/Warner Media Group/AMC/FX)

The best TV shows of 2020

Melanie McFarland
HILLBILLY ELEGY: (L to R) Glenn Close ("Mamaw”), Amy Adams (“Bev”) (Lacey Terrell/NETFLIX)

The real stories of "Hillbilly Elegy"

Chauncey DeVega
Regé-Jean Page and Adjoa Andoh in "Bridgerton" (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

"Bridgerton" boss on race, incels & more

Hanh Nguyen
Pedro Pascal as "The Mandalorian" (Disney+)

"The Mandalorian" loses its religion

Melanie McFarland
Anya Taylor-Joy as chess prodigy Beth Harmon in "The Queen's Gambit" (Netflix)

How chess holds up a mirror to life

Jenny Adams - The Conversation
Dickinson (Apple TV+)

Emily Dickinson: unlikely hero of 2020

Matthew Redmond - The Conversation
Tiny Pretty Things (Netflix)

Netflix's new take on ballet & bulimia

Ashlie D. Stevens
An employee of the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA) shows a book with Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) in Amsterdam, on November 12, 2020 - The library is removing books with traditional Zwarte Piet from the museum to a safe. (RAMON VAN FLYMEN/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Netherlands' changing blackface custom

Ayanna Thompson, Coen Heijes - The Conversation

"I wouldn’t be here but for the Beatles"

Nicole Michael
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