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Xosha Roquemore & Alano Miller in "Cherish the Day" / Zoe Kravitz in "High Fidelity" (Steven Baffo/Warner Bros./OWN/Phillip Caruso/Hulu)

"High Fidelity" finds a cool groove

Melanie McFarland
Christmas at Dollywood (Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: David Dolsen)

The Hallmark movie has infected us all

Melanie McFarland
Isaiah Johnson and Akili McDowel in "David Makes Man" (Rod Millington / ©Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.)

Smart Watch: Is this the real life?

Melanie McFarland
(Above) "After Neverland" with Dan Reed, Wade Robson, James Safechuck and Oprah Winfrey. (Below) Gayle King interviewing R. Kelly. (OWN/CBS)

The insidious patterns we refuse to see

Melanie McFarland
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(Amazon)

Smart Watch: "Jack Ryan" & "August 28"

Melanie McFarland
Michele Weaver as Nuri and Will Catlett as Yasir in "Love Is__" (Michael Desmond/Warner Bros.)

"Love Is ___": When Yasir Met Nuri

Melanie McFarland
Oprah Winfrey (AP/Jordan Strauss)

Why Oprah offends Trump

Melanie McFarland
This Is Us; Atlanta; American Gods; Queen Sugar (NBC/FX/Starz/OWN)

Black men on television

Melanie McFarland
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Ashton Sanders in "Moonlight" (A24)

"Moonlight" writer turns to TV

Rachel Leah
Kofi Siriboe, Ethan Hutchison, Bianca Lawson in "Queen Sugar" (Courtesy of OWN/Alfonso Bresciani)

The daring of "Queen Sugar"

Melanie McFarland
Book of John Gray (OWN)

Oprah gives bigotry a platform

Nico Lang
Susan Kelechi Watson, Eris Baker, Sterling K. Brown in "This Is Us" (NBC/Ron Batzdorff)

One Diverse Show at a Time

Melanie McFarland
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"Queen Sugar" (OWN)

Sweet, slow "Queen Sugar"

Melanie McFarland
Rutina Wesley in "Queen Sugar," Minnie Driver and Micah Fowler in "Speechless" (OWN/ABC)

Inclusion is key to better TV

Melanie McFarland
Lindsay Lohan (OWN)

Daniel D'Addario
(AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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(AP/George Burns)

Armstrong shows no remorse

Willa Paskin
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