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Topic: The Deuce

Ben Mendelsohn and Cynthia Erivo in "The Outsider" (Bob Mahoney/HBO)

Stephen King's dread-filled "Outsider"

Melanie McFarland
Margarita Levieva and James Franco in "The Deuce" (HBO/Paul Shiraldi)

Smart Watch: A week to look back

Melanie McFarland
James Franco and Daniel Sauli in "The Deuce" (HBO/Paul Shiraldi)

Smart Watch: Your pre-fall TV binge plan

Melanie McFarland
Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes in "The Walking Dead" (Jackson Lee Davis/AMC)

Smart Watch: Rick Grimes bites it!

Melanie McFarland
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Emily Meade in "The Deuce" (HBO/Paul Schiraldi)

How HBO is changing sex scenes forever

Breena Kerr - Rolling Stone
"The Man in the High Castle" (Amazon Studios)

Why #Resistance TV is so hard to watch

Melanie McFarland
Maggie Gyllenhaal (AP/Taylor Jewell)

Maggie Gyllenhaal's "starving" women

D. Watkins
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (NBC/Salon)

Smart Watch: Emmy Snubs Edition

Melanie McFarland
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"The Deuce" (HBO/Salon)

Smart Watch: "The Deuce" is back

Melanie McFarland

David Simon in conversation with Salon

D. Watkins

David Simon on Vegas shooting

D. Watkins
James Franco as Vincent Martino and Frankie Martino in "The Deuce" (HBO/Paul Schiraldi)

The dirt of "The Deuce"

Melanie McFarland
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Pernell Walker, James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal in "The Deuce" (HBO/Paul Schiraldi)

First look: HBO's "The Deuce"

Charlie May
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