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

Riley Keough and Taylour Paige star in "Zola" (A24)

“Zola” transforms the greatest stripper saga ever tweeted into a masterful, can’t-miss odyssey

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Annie Murphy as Allison, Mary Hollis Inboden as Patty in "Kevin Can F*** Himself" (Jojo Whilden/AMC)

We need to talk about “Kevin Can F**k Himself” and the lesson it teaches about joint accounts

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Conan O'Brien of TBS’s CONAN speaks onstage during the WarnerMedia Upfront 2019 show at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on May 15, 2019 in New York City. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for WarnerMedia)

It was Conan O’Brien’s choice to leave late night this time – and we’ve never identified more

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Sex/Life (NETFLIX)

“Sex/Life”: Netflix’s best worst raunchy ride of this summer is 50 shades of oy vey

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The Good Fight (Photos courtesy of CBS/Paramount+)

“The Good Fight” is as gripping as ever as it tackles Jan. 6, race and ethics in 2021

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Rick and Morty (Adult Swim)

“Rick and Morty,” resistance heroes, face a new nemesis channeling our current uncertainties

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Annie Murphy as Allison in "Kevin Can F*** Himself" (Jojo Whilden/AMC)

On AMC’s ambitious “Kevin Can F**k Himself,” Annie Murphy is a dutiful sitcom wife who goes rogue

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Rick Holmes as Craig Allen, Donald Glover as Earnest Marks in "Atlanta" (Guy D'Alema/FX)

This Juneteenth, “Atlanta” will give you all the insights you need on how America co-opts a holiday

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Dulce Sloan and Roy Wood Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Art Streiber)

“The house has never not been on fire”: How two “Daily Show” correspondents made comedy for our pain

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Elisabeth Moss in "The Handmaid's Tale" (Hulu)

“The Handmaid’s Tale” furious finale could turn the show around – and it’s all in the execution

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Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix)

Is Netflix’s “Bo Burnham: Inside” our lockdown “Lemonade”?

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Tuca & Bertie (Adult Swim)

The return of “Tuca & Bertie” sings, while ruffling some patriarchal feathers for the good of us all

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Moonbear and Rachelle Vinberg in "Betty" (Stephanie Mei-Ling/HBO)

HBO’s skate show “Betty” grows up, and not even a pandemic can break its momentum

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Emma Stone as Cruella, Tom Ellis as Lucifer and Tom Hiddleston as Loki (Photo illustration by Salon/Disney+/Netflix)

What “Loki,” “Lucifer” and “Cruella” tell us about our love affair with rewriting ugly stories

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Jean Smart in "Hacks" (HBO Max)

“Hacks” creators on the final act & gloriousness of Jean Smart: “I feel like she is Deborah Vance”

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Tom Hiddleston as Loki and Wunmi Mosaku as Hunter B-15 (Disney+/Marvel Studios)

“Loki” is an enjoyable, aesthetic romp that feels smaller than the God of Mischief deserves

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Pose (FX)

As “Pose” ends it reminds us that the dream New York is one rendered in color

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Julianne Moore in "Lisey's Story" (Apple TV+)

“Lisey’s Story” isn’t a horror tale as much as a cry to end it all sooner

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Six Feet Under (HBO)

The lesson of “Six Feet Under,” 20 years later: “We’re not really as in control as we all think”

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Lucie Shorthouse as Momtaz, Faith Omole as Bisma, Anjana Vasan as Amina, Juliette Motamed as Ayesha, Sarah Kameela Impey as Saira in "We Are Lady Parts" (Laura Radford/Peacock)

“We Are Lady Parts,” a fierce new comedy about a Muslim punk band, rocks our world

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Mare of Easttown (Michele K. Short/HBO)

“Mare of Easttown” is twisty until the very end, but the best part is its grace

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Woman rides in a truck loaded with people and possessions during the Tulsa massacre in 1921 | Mural marking Black Wall Street massacre in the Greenwood District (Photo illustration by Salon/Greenwood Cultural Center/Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“The job is not done yet”: Black Wall Street documentaries detail the massacre & still seek justice

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Hacks (Jake Giles Netter/HBO Max)

“Hacks” grasps how ageism creeps up on women and revels in sucker punching back

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Friends: The Reunion (HBO Max)

“Friends: The Reunion” is The One We Could’ve Lived Without

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