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

Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern and Laura Carmichael in "Downton Abbey: A New Era." (Ben Blackall / © 2022 Focus Features, LLC)

Hugh Bonneville on the enduring charm of “Downton Abbey” and why he was nervous to film “Paddington”

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Ncuti Gatwa (Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images)

Here’s to a coming era of “Doctor Who” where showrunner Russell T. Davies helps more kids feel seen

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Zazie Beetz as Van in "Atlanta" (Roger Do Minh/FX)

When “Atlanta” met the Northman: producer on exploring whiteness and that surprise finale cameo

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Elon Musk in The New York Times Presents "Elon Musk's Crash Course" (FX)

“Elon Musk’s Crash Course” warns of the danger of a billionaire’s love of being unreasonable

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Kids in the Hall (Jackie Brown/Amazon Studios)

“The Kids in the Hall” are old now, and that makes their comedy still very much all right

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Tony Dalton as Lalo Salamanca in "Better Call Saul" (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

“Better Call Saul” and the chameleonic importance of being Lalo Salamanca: This evil travels

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Bill Nighy attends the premiere of Showtime's "The Man Who Fell To Earth" at Museum of Modern Art on April 19, 2022 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

“I’m not David Bowie”: Bill Nighy picks up where the legend left off in “The Man Who Fell to Earth”

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Theo James and Rose Leslie in "The Time Traveler's Wife" (Macall Polay/HBO)

The naked truth about “The Time Traveler’s Wife” is that it would be a mess in any era

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Hacks (Karen Ballard/HBO Max)

HBO’s brutal comedy “Hacks” returns with raw, bloody candor, rising to even greater heights

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MJ (Zendaya) prepares to freefall with Spider-man in "Spiderman: No Way Home" (Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures)

Racist attacks on a Black girl earning a supposedly “white” role aren’t about canon but excellence

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Jessica Biel as Candy in "Candy" (Tina Rowden/Hulu)

The true crime of Hulu’s Jessica Biel-Melanie Lynskey murder series “Candy” is its wasted potential

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Mike Myers as Ken Scarborough in "The Pentaverate" (Netflix)

The problem with Mike Myers

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April Reign is the founder of the #OscarsSoWhite movement, has recently spoken out against HBO's planned series "Confederate." (Andre Chung for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

#OscarsSoWhite creator April Reign on what we all stand to lose if Elon Musk crashes Twitter

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Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange and Benedict Wong as Wong in Marvel Studios' "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (Marvel Studios)

Why am I not over the moon to see “Doctor Strange”? Because I’m drowning in Marvel

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Tim Guinee, Sophie Turner, Colin Firth, Olivia DeJonge and Patrick Schwarzenegger in "The Staircase" (HBO Max)

Before stepping into “The Staircase,” let’s take a swoop through The Owl Theory

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Yousuf Khan in "Bullsh*t The Gameshow" (Netflix)

Netflix’s “Bullsh*t: The Game Show” is the trivial pursuit that fits an era dominated by lies

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Grace and Frankie (Netflix)

Bidding farewell to “Grace and Frankie”: “We wanted people to cry at least at one point”

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Sarah Goldberg attends the premiere of HBO's "Barry" at NeueHouse Los Angeles on March 21, 2018 in Hollywood, California (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO)

“Barry” star Sarah Goldberg loves playing her unlikable role: “Make her a monster. I’m all for it”

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Actor Johnny Depp gestures as he stands in the courtroom during a recess amid his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on April 27, 2022. (JONATHAN ERNST/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Fox News is obsessed with Johnny Depp, its Manliness Under Siege mascot

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Jenifer Lewis (Photo by Salon)

From Ruby on “Black-ish” to CEO on “I Love That for You,” Jenifer Lewis is not just everybody’s mama

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Miles Teller as Al Ruddy in "The Offer" (Nicole Wilder/Paramount+)

As “Godfather” origin stories go, “The Offer” is so bad it’s criminal

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Better Call Saul (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

“Better Call Saul” star on playing “the only character breaking good when everybody’s breaking bad”

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Chiwetel Ejiofor in "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (Aimee Spinks/SHOWTIME)

“The Man Who Fell to Earth” ambitiously picks up where the sci-fi cult classic’s mission ended

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Bill Hader as Barry Berkman in "Barry" on HBO (Merrick Morton/HBO)

“Barry” returns three years later and is funnier and darker than ever

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