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Tim Bagley and Jeff Hiller in "Somebody Somewhere" (Sandy Morris/HBO)

“Somebody Somewhere”: Tim Bagley enlists hope, faith and St. Louis sushi to make his role sing

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Cristin Milioti and Colin Farrell in "The Penguin" (Macall Polay/HBO)

“The Penguin”: The emancipating, entirely reasonable fury of Sofia Falcone

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(L to R) Ally Dawson, Ashley Adionser, Hannah Jiles, Yenny Arisizabal, Brittany Wisniewski, Marrisa George, Tara Zafar, Katie Bollinger, Monica Davis, Dylan Maddox, Alexandra Brown, Ashley Walker, Morgan Moore and Taylor Krause in "Love is Blind" (Netflix)

Maybe “Love Is Blind,” but does politics adjust the lens on this show’s relationships?

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Bruce Campbell as Chief Dandridge in "Hysteria" (Daniel Delgado/PEACOCK)

Bruce Campbell talks “Hysteria!” and the changes in filmmaking since “The Evil Dead”

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Mark Proksch as Colin Robinson in "What We Do In The Shadows" (Pari Dukovic/FX)

Farewell to Colin Robinson, the “What We Do in the Shadows” vampire that could very well be us

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Sindhu Vee, Naveen Andrews, Ashwin Sakthivel, Arjun Sriram, and Sahana Srinivasan are "The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh" (Sony Pictures/Ian Watson)

“The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh” and “Happy’s Place” help redefine family comedy

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Kamala Harris and Bret Baier (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Kamala Harris sparred with Fox News’ Bret Baier in a chat meant to sell us on … the interviewer

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Harrison Ford and Jason Segel in "Shrinking" (Apple TV+)

“Shrinking” returns with a more assured and legitimately therapeutic second season

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Four competitors in the We the People national championship viewed the Washington Monument from the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Moriah Ratner/Retro Report/PBS)

“Citizen Nation” shows there’s hope for democracy, and our future, in championing civics in schools

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Lisa Taddeo attends “Three Women” New York City Premiere on September 09, 2024 in New York City. (Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for STARZ)

“Three Women” from the page to our TV screens: Lisa Taddeo expands our view of desire

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Quinta Brunson in "Abbott Elementary" (ABC/Disney/Gilles Mingasson)

“Abbott Elementary” has another lesson for us, and it’s a big swing

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Vice President and Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris walks out with former US representative Liz Cheney during a rally at Ripon College on October 3, 2024 in Ripon, Wisconsin. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

America’s need-to-know basis makes “Call Her Daddy” as valuable to Kamala Harris as “60 Minutes”

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Niecy Nash and Micaela Diamond in "Grotesquerie" (Prashant Gupta/FX)

“Grotesquerie” slices into our numbing habit of mixing God, American carnage and celebrity skin

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US Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance (L) and Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz participate in the Vice Presidential debate hosted by CBS News at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City on October 1, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

CBS News delivered a veep debate riddled with falsehoods and lacking in fact-checking

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John Amos attends the Althea screening and panel discussion at One Time Warner Center on October 5, 2015 in New York City. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Time Warner Inc.)

Remembering “Good Times” and “Roots” actor John Amos, dead at 84

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English actress Maggie Smith holding a copy of the Evening Standard newspaper outside Mcann-Erickson House in Fetter Lane, London, 22nd August 1957. (Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The prime of Dame Maggie Smith left us a portrait of what it means to be a lady, upper and lowercase

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Derrick Wilburn at Freedom Ride Rally in Cortez, Colorado. (Photo courtesy of PBS)

“One Person, One Vote”: Finally, a film that explains the Electoral College in an engaging way

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Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon in "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon" (Stéphanie Branchu/AMC)

Reuniting Daryl Dixon with his soul mate in “The Book of Carol”: Lofty aspirations, grounded results

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Melissa (Natasha Rothwell) and Terrance (KeiLyn Durrel Jones) in "How To Die Alone" (John Medland/Hulu)

“How to Die Alone” lets Natasha Rothwell write her own ticket for the role she deserves to play

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John Lithgow as Harold Harper in "The Old Man" (Chuck Hodes/FX)

In “The Old Man,” John Lithgow says he found one of the great challenges of a long, storied career

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The Choice (WGBH)

The challenge of “The Choice”? Figuring out Kamala Harris, fast

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(L-R) Justin Marks, Shannon Goss, and Hiroyuki Sanada accept the Outstanding Drama Series award for “Shōgun” onstage during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

The 76th Emmys made satisfying history while reminding us that TV favors humanity over partisanship

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Amber Ruffin speaks at Variety & Rolling Stone's 2024 Truth Seekers Summit on August 15, 2024 in New York City. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

“They might be going wild”: “Have I Got News For You” brings “Late Night” star Amber Ruffin to CNN

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Melissa (Natasha Rothwell) on "How To Die Alone" (Ian Watson/Hulu)

“How to Die Alone” demonstrates why Natasha Rothwell was born to be the main event

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