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

Devery Jacobs (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images/Momodu Mansaray/FilmMagic/Iana Kunitsa)

“Reservation Dogs” and “Echo” star on the “appetite for Native stories” and living up to her name

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Sheryl Lee Ralph accepts the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series award for "Abbott Elementary" onstage during the 74th Primetime Emmys at Microsoft Theater on September 12, 2022 in Los Angeles, California (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Enduring the Emmys: Have award shows as we know them outlived their purpose?

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Matt Smith and Milly Alcock in "House of the Dragon" (Ollie Upton / HBO)

“House of the Dragon”: How to groom your dragon, Targaryen style

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Samantha Morton in "The Serpent Queen" (Courtesy of Starz)

In a TV landscape full of serious monarchs “The Serpent Queen” has a humorous bite

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Benedict Wong as Wong in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios)

We all love Wongers, who brings the real magic to the MCU

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The crowd watching a film of Queen Elizabeth II having tea with Paddington Bear on a big screen during the Platinum Party at the Palace staged in front of Buckingham Palace, London on Saturday June 4, 2022. (Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)

The Elizabethan Age of pop culture, from Sex Pistols and “The Crown” to Paddington and beyond

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Jefferson Hall as Jason Lannister in "House of the Dragon" (Photo Courtesy of HBO)

“House of the Dragon” introduces the Lannisters before they had game

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Morfydd Clark (Galadriel) in "The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power" (Ben Rothstein/Prime Video)

Who needs Westeros? “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” is a spectacular return to Middle-earth

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Domhnall Gleeson as Sam Fortner and Steve Carell as Alan Strauss in "The Patient" (Suzanne Tenner/FX)

It’s “difficult to curb his impulses”: “The Patient” star Domnhall Gleeson on a killer in therapy

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Milly Alcock in "House of the Dragon" (Ollie Upton / HBO)

“House of the Dragon” and the question of queens

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Poppy (Adina Verson) in "Only Murders In The Building" (Patrick Harbron/Hulu)

We tried that bizarre “Only Murders in the Building” sandwich and have thoughts

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Tom Sturridge as Dream and Melissanthu Mahut as Calliope in "The Sandman" (Courtesy Of Netflix)

“The Sandman” retrofits an old story into a cautionary fable about opportunistic “male feminists”

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Oliver (Martin Short), Charles (Steve Martin) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) in "Only Murders In The Building" (Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu)

“Only Murders in the Building” boss on that killer party, other possible suspects and next season

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Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi and Anirudh Pisharody as Nirdesh in "Never Have I Ever" (Courtesy of Netflix)

“Never Have I Ever” highlights the rarity of South Asian couples on TV. Then it breaks up with one

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Milly Alcock in "House of the Dragon" (Courtesy of Ollie Upton/HBO)

“House of the Dragon” is a slow ride back to Westeros that takes its time in lighting our fire

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Naru (Amber Midthunder) in "Prey" (Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios)

With “Prey,” Amber Midthunder gives us a woman warrior worthy of sequels

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Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer "Jen" Walters/She-Hulk in Marvel Studios' "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" (Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios/Disney+)

“She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” proves that in the MCU, true comedy is a woman’s heroic calling

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Bob Odenkirk as Gene in "Better Call Saul" (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

S’all done: “Better Call Saul” closes with a journey through time and regret

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Bob Odenkirk as Gene in "Better Call Saul" (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

How the tragic imagery of “Better Call Saul,” rendered in black & white, tells the “emotional story”

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Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine and Tom Sturridge as Dream in "The Sandman" (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

How the conscientious casting of women in “The Sandman” defies the gender-swapping trope

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A League of Their Own (Anne Marie Fox/Prime Video)

“A League of Their Own” makes up for the past’s missed swings, but isn’t quite a home run

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Bob Odenkirk as Gene in "Better Call Saul" (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

Kim, Jimmy and the moral sandwich-making of “Better Call Saul”

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Hacks | Our Flag Means Death | Peacemaker (Photo illustration by Salon/Karen Ballard/Aaron Epstein/Katie Yu/HBO Max)

Will your favorite HBO Max shows and movies survive Warner Bros. Discovery’s new world order?

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Tom Sturridge as Dream in "The Sandman" (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

Enter “Sandman,” right on time for us to relate to his plight

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