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Topic: The Good Place

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
Jameela Jamil as Tahani, Manny Jacinto as Jason, D'Arcy Carden as Janet, Kristen Bell as Eleanor, William Jackson Harper as Chidi in "The Good Place" (Colleen Hayes/NBC)

"The Good Place" comes to a worthy end

Melanie McFarland
Better Things, Fleabag, The Good Place, and Russian Doll (FX/Netflix/Amazon/NBC)

Why existential TV is here to stay

Melanie McFarland
Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad, Elisabeth Moss in Mad Men, and Danny Pudi in Community (AMC/NBC)

Best TV episodes of the decade

Melanie McFarland
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Better Call Saul, RuPaul's Drag Race, and Atlanta (Guy D'Alema/FX/Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Tel/VH1)

Best TV of the Decade, from 2010 to 2019

Melanie McFarland
Ted Danson and Kristen Bell in "The Good Place" (Colleen Hayes/NBC)

"The Good Place": Second chance at life?

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Kristen Bell as Eleanor, William Jackson Harper as Chidi in "The Good Place" (Colleen Hayes/NBC)

"The Good Place" has no simple answers

Melanie McFarland
William Jackson Harper as Chidi on NBC's "The Good Place" (Colleen Hayes/NBC)

William Jackson Harper on The Good Place

Melanie McFarland
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Mira Furlan, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Terry O'Quinn, and Evangeline Lilly in Lost (2004) (Mario Perez/American Broadcasting Companies, Inc/Getty Images)

The best inheritor of the "Lost" legacy

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

Smart Watch: Your pre-fall TV binge plan

Melanie McFarland
"What Men Want;" "Russian Doll;" "Isn't It Romantic" (Paramount Pictures/Netflix/Warner Bros. Pictures)

The cosmic joke's on her

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Ted Danson and Kristen Bell in "The Good Place" (Colleen Hayes/NBC)

None of us are getting in The Good Place

Melanie McFarland
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Terry Crews and Melissa Fumero in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Vivian Zink/NBC)

Good cops, bad cops & Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Melanie McFarland
Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri in "Killing Eve" (BBC AMERICA/Sid Gentle Films Ltd 2018)

10 best TV shows of 2018

Melanie McFarland
"The Man in the High Castle" (Amazon Studios)

Why #Resistance TV is so hard to watch

Melanie McFarland
Kristen Bell and Ted Danson in "The Good Place" (NBC/Salon)

"The Good Place" is back — and not basic

Melanie McFarland
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"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (NBC/Salon)

Smart Watch: Emmy Snubs Edition

Melanie McFarland
"Queer Eye;" "RBG;" "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" (Netflix/Magnolia Pictures/Focus Features)

A feel-good cheat sheet to survive 2018

Mary Elizabeth Williams
"One Day At A Time;" "This Is Us;" "The Good Place" (Netflix/NBC)

Television, death and magical thinking

Melanie McFarland
Andie MacDowell and Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day" (Columbia Pictures)

Lessons from "Groundhog Day"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Ted Danson and Kristen in "The Good Place" (NBC)

13 reasons to look forward to TV in 2018

Melanie McFarland
Aubrey Plaza as Lenny "Cornflakes" Busker in "Legion" (FX/Michelle Faye)

The 10 Best Oh-So-2017 TV Performances

Melanie McFarland
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The 10* best TV episodes of 2017

Melanie McFarland
William Jackson Harper and Kristen Bell in "The Good Place" (NBC/Colleen Hayes)

How to be Good TV

Melanie McFarland
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