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

Kayvan Novak as Nandor and Harvey Guillén as Guillermo in "What We Do in the Shadows" (Russ Martin: FX)

Why the latest “What We Do in the Shadows” twist makes sense in The Great Resignation era

Melanie McFarland
Meghan McCain on "The View" (ABC/Lou Rocco)

From Hasselbeck to McCain, “The View” needs the “right” hook when casting its conservative co-host

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Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson in "Dune" (Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures)

“Dune” is the masterful adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic we’ve been waiting for

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Only Murders In The Building (Barbara Nitke/Hulu)

“Only Murders in the Building” boss on the killer, who’s back next season and a case for rewatching

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Brian Cox as Logan Roy in "Succession" (Graeme Hunter/HBO)

“Succession” returns after two years, and the Roy family hasn’t changed a bit

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Great British Bake Off (Netflix)

The seasonal joy of “The Great British Baking Show”

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Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in "You" (JOHN P. FLEENOR/NETFLIX)

The latest “You” makes a killing in the ‘burbs, fulfilling the dark fantasies we’d rather ignore

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Michael Keaton in "Dopesick" (Antony Platt/Hulu)

“Dopesick” is an ineffective prescription for telling the story of the opioid crisis

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Brendan Hunt, Jason Sudeikis and Brett Goldstein in "Ted Lasso" (Apple TV+)

In the final analysis, “Ted Lasso” is all about a man, a team and their daddy issues

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Megyn Kelly, Bill O'Reilly and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Fox News: 25 years of making everyone’s lives progressively crappier

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Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac in "Scenes from a Marriage" (Jojo Whilden/HBO)

“Scenes from a Marriage” boss Hagai Levi on empowering the wife to leave: “I have to fight for her”

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Squid Game (YOUNGKYU PARK / Netflix)

The allure of Netflix’s brutal “Squid Game” owes a debt to our predatory upbringing

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Jon Stewart on the set of “The Problem With Jon Stewart" (Apple TV+)

“The Problem with Jon Stewart” has a few issues, but nothing that a little tough love can’t fix

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Muhammad Ali stands over fallen Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston with a short hard right to the jaw in Lewiston, Maine. May 25, 1965 (John Rooney/AP Images via PBS)

Ken Burns on his latest, “Muhammad Ali”: “What’s so interesting is what an avatar of love he was”

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Toheeb Jimoh as Sam on "Ted Lasso" (Apple TV+)

OK “Ted Lasso” fans, time to have a conversation about our dear, wonderful Sam Obisanya

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Antoinette Robertson competes on "Big House" on "Dear White People" (Netflix)

“Dear White People” visits the “Big Brother” Cookout via a pointed parody of reality show racism

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Nadine Ellis and Morris Chestnut in "Our Kind of People" | Dude Hill, Saycon Sengbloh, Laura Kariuki and Elisha Williams in "The Wonder Years" (Photo illustration by Salon/Brownie Harris/FOX/ABC/Erika Doss)

“Our Kind of People” and “The Wonder Years”: Two aspirational visions of Black life and prosperity

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Kimberly Guerrero, Paulina Alexis, D'Pharoah Woon-A-Tai and Devery Jacobs on "Reservation Dogs" (Shane Brown/FX)

“Reservation Dogs” creator on evolving the show’s representation & storytelling: “It’s not finished”

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Michaela Coel accepting for writing "I May Destroy You" at the Emmys 2021 (Cliff Lipson/CBS)

Michaela Coel makes Emmys history — but “Ted Lasso,” “The Crown” and white actors sweep the night

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Muhammad Ali (Photo courtesy of Michael Gaffney)

Ken Burns’ new “Muhammad Ali” docuseries is worth going the distance

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Hasan Minhaj and Reese Witherspoon in “The Morning Show” (Apple TV+)

“The Morning Show” shifts to cover the pandemic, but still needs a shot in the arm to find its soul

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Andy Samberg, Joe Lo Truglio and Joel McKinnon Miller on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (John P. Fleenor/NBC)

A fond farewell to the “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” hero cops, who are ending this ride along just on time

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Ben Schnetzer as Yorick Brown in "Y: The Last Man" (Rafy Winterfeld/FX)

“Y: The Last Man” presents a fascinating dystopia that probes the artifacts of our gendered world

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Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain in "Scenes From a Marriage" (Jojo Whilden/HBO)

HBO’s anguished “Scenes From a Marriage” is so potent, your own relationship better be rock solid

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