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Melanie McFarland

Melanie McFarland is Salon's award-winning senior culture critic. Follow her on Bluesky: @McTelevision

"And Just Like That" is having a fashion crisis Melanie McFarland
How we learned to love the evil rich Melanie McFarland
Marc Maron's heart made "WTF" a hit. In the Joe Rogan age, it's all about shallow brawn Melanie McFarland
Brian Johnson from
The alpha male era is on its way out Melanie McFarland
How "Survivor" and "America's Got Talent" sell the lie that is the American Dream Melanie McFarland
"And Just Like That," midlife's a crisis for everyone on TV except rich, gay men Melanie McFarland
"The Last of Us" finale tests the limits of our empathy Melanie McFarland
What Judy Blume's "Forever" still gives us — and the teen dramas that followed her won't Melanie McFarland
"The Last of Us" helps us grieve by leaving nothing unsaid Melanie McFarland
The characters Buster (left) and Arthur (right) from the children's television program
The MAGA war on PBS was never about money Melanie McFarland
On "Andor," good was always a four-letter word Melanie McFarland
Joan Rivers would have hated this Melanie McFarland
Blessed be the memes, TV shows and "Conclave" for helping us welcome our first American pope Melanie McFarland
At long last, "Hacks" flips the table on the bitter mentorship at the heart of the series Melanie McFarland
The throwback comfort of "Poker Face" returns Melanie McFarland