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

Film set equipment (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Burn It Down” or stick around? How TV and movie fans “can be in the fight” to make Hollywood better

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The Bear (Chuck Hodes/FX)

“The Bear” hides crusts of meaning and trauma in an episode about the Feast of the Seven Fishes

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Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters and Sean Hannity (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Tucker Carlson is irreplaceable, but Fox News bets on Jesse Watters’ popularity in that timeslot

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American actor Humphrey Bogart and Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman on the set of Casablanca, directed by Michael Curtiz. (Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

Turner Classic Movies holds our cinematic past. Does it have a future under Warner Bros. Discovery?

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Kristin Davis and Sarah Jessica Parker in "And Just Like That" (Craig Blakenhorn/Max)

“And Just Like That,” Charlotte takes her final form: white woman demanding to speak to the manager

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Carmen Ejogo (Lafrancine) and Jharrel Jerome (Cootie) in "I'm a Virgo" (Amazon Studios)

“I’m a Virgo”: Boots Riley’s incredible, ungentle giant swing at late capitalism

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Rebecca Romijn as Una in "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" (Michael Gibson/Paramount+)

How “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” uses Rebecca Romijn’s Number One to place prejudice on trial

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Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto and Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu in "The Bear" (Chuck Hodes/FX)

A new season “The Bear” marinates a great show into a superb exploration of purpose

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Shaun Evans as Endeavour Morse and Roger Allam as Fred Thursday in "Endeavor" (Courtesy of Mammoth Screen / MASTERPIECE)

As “Endeavour” enters its final run we bid a sober farewell to the detective who isn’t yet bitter

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Danielle Vitalis as Fatima and Leila Farzad as Mona in "Black Mirror" (Nick Wall/Netflix)

The best new “Black Mirror” episode is a Netflix self-own that plays out our current AI nightmare

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Ethan Peck as Spock in "Star Trek: Strange New World" (Marni Grossman/Paramount+)

How Ethan Peck’s Spock became the mirthful glue binding us to “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”

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Robert Carlyle as Gaz, Miles Jupp as Darren, Paul Barber as Horse and Mark Addy as Dave in "The Full Monty" (Ben Blackall/FX)

Stripped of its cheekiness, Hulu’s “The Full Monty” transforms from a movie comedy into a TV slog

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James Marsden attends the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros on June 09, 2023 in Paris, France. (Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

James Marsden loves playing his “Jury Duty” alter ego, a narcissistic jerk who’s “off his rocker”

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Chris Licht, Chairman and CEO, CNN Worldwide speaks onstage during the Warner Bros. Discovery Upfront 2022 show at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on May 18, 2022 in New York City. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Discovery)

After Chris Licht, people are wondering where CNN goes from here. Here’s a wild suggestion

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A late-night TV studio set with the lights off (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster/Salon)

A dude and a desk: Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV

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Comedian Jeff Garlin performing onstage during the International Myeloma Foundation 10th Annual Comedy Celebration at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on November 5, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for International Myeloma Foundation)

“Never Have I Ever”: Jeff Garlin becomes a problematic distraction in the show’s finale run

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Lily Rose Depp and Abel Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd) (Photograph by Eddy Chen/HBO)

“The Idol” tests HBO’s devotion to toxic auteur worship – and ours

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Sarah Goldberg, Zachary Golinger and Bill Hader in "Barry" (Photograph courtesy of HBO)

Bill Hader gives “Barry” his made-for-TV movie hero wish

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Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Time to move on from the “Ted Lasso” way after a bloated season

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Jeremy Strong in "Succession" (HBO)

A devastating end to “Succession” wakes up to the truth about the Roys: “We’re nothing”

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Tina Turner performs on stage at the Gelredome on March 21st, 2009 in Arnhem, Netherlands. (Rob Verhorst/Redferns/Getty Images)

Simply the best: Tina Turner has died but leaves a legacy of endurance and resurgence

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Justine Lupe, Alan Ruck, Kieran Culkin, Jeremy Strong and Sarah Snook in "Succession" (Macall Polay/HBO)

“Succession” mourns the Roy “family way” in all its tragic glory

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Martha Stewart attends the 2023 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue release party at Hard Rock Hotel New York on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit)

The sexual celebration of mature women in bloom, from “Queen Charlotte” to Martha Stewart

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Kieran Culkin in "Succession" (Claudette Barius/HBO)

“Succession” fans shouldn’t be shocked by Roman Roy. He was always this terrible of a person

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