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

Biometric eye scan and network (Getty Images/Yuichiro Chino)

“NOVA: A.I. Revolution” urges us consider the benefits—and the drawbacks—of artificial intelligence

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Alan Tudyk on "Resident Alien" (Syfy)

“Aliens are hot right now!” So is Alan Tudyk, thanks to his astronomical appeal on “Resident Alien”

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Alex Jones outside court in "The Truth vs. Alex Jones" (HBO)

In “The Truth Vs. Alex Jones” a historic court win does little to repair the damage done to us all

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Andrew Lincoln in "The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live" (AMC)

Can love on “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live” turn our hatred for a villain into something else?

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Actor Patrick Swayze poses for a "Road House" (1989) portrait in Los Angeles, California (Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images)

“Pain don’t hurt”: Is it even “Road House” without the bro-appeal of its philosophy?

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Tom Colicchio, Kristen Kish and Gail Simmons on "Top Chef" (David Moir/Bravo)

Kristen Kish emerges victorious again on “Top Chef,” this time as its host

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Jess Hong in "3 Body Problem" (Netflix)

Is “3 Body Problem” brainy? Certainly. It’s also divisive, depending on who’s watching it

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Stormy Daniels in "Stormy" (Peacock)

Stormy Daniels doc shows how disbelieving one woman can be a blueprint for our democracy under Trump

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Danai Gurira and Andrew Lincoln in "The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live" (AMC)

A Roomba with a view: “The Walking Dead” gives Rick and Michonne a time out with a condo getaway

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Domhnall Gleeson as Jack and Andrea Riseborough as Alice in "Alice and Jack" (Fremantle/PBS)

“Love can look like so many things”: Andrea Riseborough discusses the unconventional “Alice & Jack”

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Lili Taylor as Mary Todd Lincoln and Hamish Linklater as Abraham Lincoln in "Manhunt" (AppleTV+)

“Manhunt” limps between a conspiracy thriller about hunting Lincoln’s assassin and necessary history

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Chris Cuomo and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is a conversation between Chris Cuomo and Tucker Carlson really the cure we need?

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Oprah Winfrey as she sits down with Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will be broadcast as a two-hour exclusive primetime special on Sunday, March 7 from 8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT on the CBS Television Network. (Harpo Productions/ Joe Pugliese)

If Harry and Meghan didn’t chat with Oprah three years ago, would we care where Kate is?

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John Cena during the live telecast of the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, CA, Sunday, March 10, 2024 (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The 96th annual Oscars gave us what the movies promise and we need right now: a dose of fun

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Kate Winslet in "The Regime" (HBO)

“The Regime’s” meme-worthy satire can’t compare with Katie Britt or today’s bad political actors

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Devon Walker , James Austin Johnson, Mikey Day, and Marcello Hernandez on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

“Saturday Night Live” is “a bad thing for comedians” says journalist Seth Simons. He has a point

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Toshiro Mifune (1920 - 1997, left), as Yoshi Toranaga, and American actor Richard Chamberlain as John Blackthorne, examine a samurai sword in the TV miniseries 'Shogun', 1980. (Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

The 1980’s “Shogun” didn’t usher in a decade of Japanophilia by itself. But it played its part

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Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in "DUNE: PART TWO" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

“Fear is the mind killer”: The political lesson of “Dune”

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The Daily Show (Courtesy of Comedy Central)

How Jon Stewart’s loss helps us listen on “The Daily Show”

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The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC)

What keeps “The Walking Dead” moving forward? Showrunner Scott Gimple insists “love is the fuel”

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Ron Livingston, David Herman and Ajay Naidu in "Office Space". (Getty Images)

25 years later, “Office Space” explains the Gen X worker’s deflated spirit

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Utkarsh Ambudkar as King Bumi and Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai in Netflix's "Avatar: The Last Airbender" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Netflix)

How “Avatar: The Last Airbender” helps us contextualize the choice between Biden and Trump

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Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne and Anna Sawai as Today Mariko in "Shogun" (Katie Yu/FX)

In the age of dragon fantasies, FX’s “Shōgun” defines what it means to be an event series

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The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC)

“The Walking Dead” returns Richonne’s apocalyptic love to us. Will departed viewers come back too?

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