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Saturday Night Live skits (Will Heath/NBC)

How can "SNL" parody political farce?

Melanie McFarland
October Book Highlights (Grove Press, Black Cat/Counterpoint/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Algonquin Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

October's new, must-read books

Ashlie D. Stevens, Erin Keane
Rick appreciating the little things in season 4 of Rick and Morty. New season premieres in November. (Warner Media Group/Adult Swim)

"Rick and Morty" Season 4 trailer

Ashlie D. Stevens
Catholic Priest Holding a Wooden Crucifix (Getty Images/ Ryan J Lane)

Can married priests save Catholicism?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
MR. ROBOT -- "Unauthorized" Episode 401 -- Pictured: (l-r) Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, Christian Slater as Mr. Robot (Elizabeth Fisher/USA Network)

A dire holiday end for "Mr. Robot"

Melanie McFarland
A fan carries a copy of the album 'Abbey Road' as he crosses the Abbey Road zebra crossing on the 50th anniversary of British pop musicians The Beatles doing it for their album cover of 'Abbey Road' in St Johns Wood in London, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Revolutionary recording in "Abbey Road"

William D. Moylan - The Conversation
(Getty/Ronald Martinez)

NCAA athletic scholarships aren't enough

Sara Goldrick-Rab, Abigail Seldin
One American News (One American News Network)

The altered reality of One America News

Melanie McFarland
Charisma Carpenter, David Boreanaz, And Glenn Quinn Star In The Tv Show "Angel." (Photo By Getty Images)

Why "Angel" had more soul than "Buffy"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Stil from Netflix's "Big Mouth" season 3 (Netflix)

"Big Mouth" grasps childhood politics

Ashlie D. Stevens
Stil from "Breaking Bad" Season 5, Episode 11, with Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman (Ursula Coyote/AMC)

Here's your "El Camino" episode prep

Ashlie D. Stevens
JOAQUIN PHOENIX as Arthur Fleck in Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and BRON Creative’s “JOKER,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Warner Bros. Entertainment/Niko Tavernise)

"Joker" is a problematic, dangerous mess

Matthew Rozsa
Actor James Franco does a reading onstage during 'An Evening with the Cast of HBO's The Deuce' to benefit Housing Works at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe on June 23, 2019 in New York City. (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for Housing Works)

Franco faces sexual exploitation lawsuit

Ashlie D. Stevens
"Collisions" (Fuse TV)

Jesse Garcia on deportation family film

Gary M. Kramer
Still from South Park season 23 episode 02 - “Band in China” (Comedy Central)

"South Park" takes on Chinese censorship

Matthew Rozsa
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, "The View" (ABC)

The View unites around the Clinton women

Melanie McFarland
Production still from Netflix original series "The Politician" (Netflix)

Food politics of "The Politician"

Ashlie D. Stevens
Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix (Rich Fury/Getty Images)

"Joker" director decries "woke culture"

Kate Erbland - Indiewire
(PBS/BBC America)

Fat bears, smart mollusks, and "Nature"

Melanie McFarland
Kehinde Wiley's "Rumors of War" statue in Times Square (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

New statue challenges American heroism

Ashlie D. Stevens
Folake Olowofoyeku in "Bob Hearts Abishola" and Kal Penn in "Sunnyside" (Michael Yarish/CBS and Colleen Hayes/NBC)

Sitcoms are telling the immigrant's tale

Melanie McFarland
Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Sadie Sink, Caleb McLaughlin in "Stranger Things" (Netflix)

"Stranger Things 4" won't be in Hawkins

Ashlie D. Stevens
Ray Ramano (Bill Bufalino) Al Pacino (Jimmy Hoffa) and Robert De Niro (Frank Sheeran) in "The Irishman" (Netflix)

Scorsese's "The Irishman": Intimate epic

Gary M. Kramer
Upcoming Netflix shows this October (Netflix)

Netflix's New Shows & Movies in October

Ashlie D. Stevens
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