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

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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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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