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Kathy Bates as Madeline Matlock in "Matlock" (Sonja Flemming/CBS)

Bates' Emmys nod is telling us something

Melanie McFarland
Judy Parfitt and Kathy Bates in a scene from the film "Dolores Claiborne," 1995. (Castle Rock/Getty Images)

Being a difficult woman isn't a crime

Tom Joudrey
Laura Dern in "Twin Peaks" (Showtime/Salon)

The 10 worst TV shows of 2017

Melanie McFarland
Kathy Bates in Disjointed (Netflix/Patrick Wymore)

Reefer Badness: Disjointed

Melanie McFarland
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Kathy Bates in "American Horror Story: Coven" (FX/Michele K. Short)

Neil Drumming
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