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Sarah Chalke as Elliot Reid, Zach Braff as John “J.D.” Dorian and Donald Faison as Christopher Turk in "Scrubs" (Disney/Brian Bowen Smith)

The uplifting medicine of "Scrubs"

Melanie McFarland
Peter Claffey in "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (Steffan Hill/HBO)

In Westeros, the soul outweighs the body

Nicholas Liu
Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell in "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (Steffan Hill/HBO)

An Undercover Boss of the Seven Kingdoms

Melanie McFarland
Jesse Jackson speaks to reporters in regard to his appearance on the late night NBC television show, "Saturday Night Live." (Jacques M. Chenet/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Jesse Jackson took his humor seriously

Melanie McFarland
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Savannah Guthrie poses alongside her mother Nancy Guthrie during a production break whilst hosting NBC's "Today Show" live from Australia at Sydney Opera House on May 4, 2015. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)

Watching a true crime story in real time

Melanie McFarland
Hudson Williams in "Heated Rivalry" (Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max)

What lesbians see in "Heated Rivalry"

Ava Pauline Emilione
Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Paul Kelly as John F. Kennedy Jr. in "Love Story" (FX)

The shrunken ambition of "Love Story"

Melanie McFarland
Harrison Ford and Lukita Maxwell in "Shrinking" (Apple TV)

A therapeutic retreat from an ugly world

Melanie McFarland
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Catherine O'Hara as Moira Rose in "Schitt's Creek" (Ken Woroner/CBC)

Motherhood as a slapstick comedy

Melanie McFarland
Johnny Knoxville in "Fear Factor: House of Fear" (Serguei Bachlakov/FOX)

The "Fear Factor" reboot is disgusting

Andi Zeisler
"Primal" (Adult Swim)

A zombie story that makes you feel alive

Melanie McFarland
Still from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" showing Moore inside of the WJM newsroom, circa 1975 (Getty/Bettmann)

Mary Tyler Moore stands for Minneapolis

Melanie McFarland
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Contestant Michael, Gordon Ramsay and Tilly Ramsay in "MasterChef Junior" (Greg Gayne/Fox Media)

The lost joy of the TV chef who teaches

Melanie McFarland
Rob Rausch in "The Traitors" (Euan Cherry/Peacock)

A Traitor's worst enemy is themself

Melanie McFarland
Peter Claffey in "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (Steffan Hill/HBO)

A knight's tale that needs no dragons

Melanie McFarland
Michael Rapaport in "The Traitors" (Euan Cherry/Peacock)

The best worst person on "The Traitors"

Melanie McFarland
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Noah Wyle in "The Pitt" (Warrick Page/HBO Max)

The prescriptive comforts of "The Pitt"

Melanie McFarland
Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie in "Heated Rivalry" (Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max)

Do women love "Heated Rivalry" too much?

Coleman Spilde
Rhea Seehorn and Karolina Wydra in "Pluribus" (Apple TV)

2025 was the year of the hive mind

Melanie McFarland
Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov and Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander in "Heated Rivalry" (Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max)

On Heated Rivalry, the smut is the point

Melanie McFarland
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Lena Headey as Fiona Nolan in "The Abandons" (MATTHIAS CLAMER/Netflix)

10 ways to beat the post-holiday blues

Kelly McClure, Erin Keane, Andi Zeisler, Natalie Moore, Troy Farah, Jason Kyle Howard, Hanh Nguyen
Diane Keaton as Sybil Stone in "The Family Stone" (20th Century Fox)

A holiday viewing guide for every taste

Hanh Nguyen
Edwin Lee Gibson as Ebraheim and Rob Reiner as Albert in "The Bear" (FX)

The lovable Rob Reiner, as seen on TV

Melanie McFarland
Tenika Davis as Achillia in "Spartacus: House of Ashur" (Starz)

Why the Roman Empire still captivates us

Melanie McFarland
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