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

Samuel Jackson in "Secret Invasion" (Marvel Studios)

Didn’t watch “Secret Invasion”? Why Marvel projects have become increasingly irrelevant

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Sarah Jessica Parker and John Corbett in "And Just Like That" (Craig Blankenhorn/ Max)

With Mr. Big out of circulation, “And Just Like That” recycles Aidan into the story

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Michael Cera as Allan in "Barbie" (Warner Bros.)

The secret “Barbie” message everyone can get behind is that Allan is amazing. He is also like us

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Michael Sheen and David Tennant in "Good Omens" (Mark Mainz/Prime Video)

After four years, “Good Omens” returns for a jolly if rather hollow romp that falls short of sublime

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Anson Mount as Pike, Robert Wisdom as Dak'Rah and Christina Chong as La’an in "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" (Best Possible Screengrab/Paramount+)

“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” shows how war muddles the moral compass of two of its crew

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Jon Hamm in "The Morning Show" (Apple TV+)

Jon Hamm wakes up “The Morning Show” as a “tech titan” in action

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Margot Robbie as Barbie in "Barbie" | Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer" (Photo illustration by Salon/Universal Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures)

We did Barbenheimer, the “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” double feature. You should too

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David Eigenberg in "And Just Like That" (Max)

“And Just Like That,” Steve offers a chance at renewal – but did he have to be so mean about it?

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Sound of Freedom (Angel Studios)

It’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” but for QAnon: Film spreading child trafficking hysteria is making bank

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Minx (Starz)

Saved from extinction, “Minx” is back with an even richer and more complicated second season

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What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Who would have guessed that “What We Do In the Shadows” would provide a decent model of polyamory?

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Bruce Willis running with automatic weapon in a scene from the film 'Die Hard', 1988. (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images)

“Die Hard” changed action movies in Hollywood – then it became part of the franchise problem

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Sarita Choudhury in "And Just Like That" (Craig Blankenhorn/Max)

“And Just Like That” the sex is back in the city, midlife edition

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"Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge" host Ashley Graham by the pool (HGTV)

How Barbie influenced our real-world Dreamhouse goals

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Brian Cox in "Succession" (Photograph by Macall B. Polay/HBO)

Look to the Logan Roys to understand who’s causing the Hollywood “double strike”

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Milly Alcock from "House of the Dragon" and Morfydd Clark from "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Ollie Upton/HBO/Matt Grace/Prime Video)

Emmys Politics 101: Why HBO dominates, “Dragon” overpowers “Rings” and some actors make history

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Anna Duggar and Josh Duggar pose during the 42nd annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center on February 28, 2015 in National Harbor, Maryland. (Kris Connor/Getty Images)

“The Ashley Madison Affair” is another doc where the audience is an accessory to the true crime

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Cynthia Nixon and Sara Ramírez in "And Just Like That" (Craig Blankenhorn/Max)

“And Just Like That,” Miranda ruined Che for viewers

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Henry Cavill in "The Witcher" (Netflix)

Here’s why “The Witcher” recasting could work

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Sarah Silverman (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“There were weird silver linings”: How Sarah Silverman worked through grief to still make us laugh

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Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu in "The Bear" (Chuck Hodes/FX)

“The Bear” showed us how easy it is to care for people, three eggs at a time

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Kaitlan Collins attends the 16th annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History on December 11, 2022 in New York City. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CNN)

Watch out, Rachel Maddow: CNN sets a premiere date for Kaitlan Collins’ primetime show “The Source”

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Kim Cattrall as Madolyn in "Glamorous" (Courtesy Of Netflix)

Kim Cattrall deserves her own “Sex and the City” spinoff, as her time on “Glamorous” proves

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Mexican actor Ricardo Montalban on the set of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, directed by Nicholas Meyer. (Paramount Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” considers the weight of Khan’s wrathful legacy

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