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

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jill Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Night two of the virtual DNC held aloft the party’s true stars: America and her people

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Courtney B. Vance, Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett in "Lovecraft Country" (HBO)

“Lovecraft Country” is an intoxicating, myth-shattering hero’s journey through a map of Black fear

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Maddie Phillips and Anjelica Bette Fellini in "Teenage Bounty Hunters" (Netflix)

“Teenage Bounty Hunters”: Dear Jesus, save us from these good Christian girls with guns

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"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" (NBC)

Are late night TV hosts showing us what returning to the new normal looks like?

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"Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn" Mural dedicated to Yusuf Hawkins in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn (Courtesy of Hawkins Family/HBO)

“This is not a racist community”: New HBO doc reveals an all-too-familiar America deep in denial

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"Meet the Press with Chuck Todd" (William B. Plowman/NBC)

Chuck Todd haters, we take your point – but it doesn’t look like he’s going anywhere

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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend de Grisogono Sponsors The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Benefitting Wall Street Rising, with a Performance by Rod Stewart at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005 in New York City. (JoeSchildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

It’s time for Ghislaine Maxwell’s reckoning in the “Surviving Jeffrey Epstein” docuseries

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Ellen DeGeneres during the FOX PRESENTS THE IHEART LIVING ROOM CONCERT FOR AMERICA (FOX via Getty Images)

The problem with Ellen DeGeneres is that she made “be kind” the unattainable goal of her brand

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CNN national correspondent MJ Lee in "On the Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries" (CNN/HBO Max)

“On the Trail” spotlights CNN’s women reporters and prompts examination of campaign coverage bias

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Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc in "Hitmen" (Sky UK Limited/Peacock)

“Baking Show” hosts Mel & Sue show their darker side in the sweet and silly “Hitmen”

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Immigration Nation (Netflix)

“Where are the good Americans?”: “Immigration Nation” brings systemic exploitation to our TVs

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Beyonce in "Black Is King" (Travis Matthews/Disney+)

“Black Is King” continues Beyoncé’s immortalizing of the Black American experience through art

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Maxxx (Hulu/Channel 4)

With “Maxxx,” O-T Fagbenle subversively takes on pop culture’s soft-serve cultural appropriation

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Rachel Brosnahan in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon)

Emmy nominations show efforts to be less white but still don’t get everything right

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Alex Jones in "Frontline: United States of Conspiracy" (REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare)

“Frontline: United States of Conspiracy” shows how Alex Jones conquered the truth

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P-Valley (Starz)

Katori Hall talks “P-Valley”: “Any narrative around the Black female experience is a political act”

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The Reidout (MSNBC)

Cheers to a solid launch for MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” – but from here on out, it’s time to get tougher

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Mark Duplass in "Room 104" (Tyler Golden/HBO)

As Mark Duplass makes his “Room 104” swan song, he carries its diverse vision to future projects

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Indian Matchmaking (Netflix)

Remember, “Indian Matchmaking” is as much of a entertainment fable as all of romance reality

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Corporate (Comedy Central)

Sick of working from home? “Corporate” will remind you of how lucky you are to escape your cubicle

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Dakota Fanning and Daniel Bruhl in "The Alienist" (Kata Vermes/Warner Media)

“The Alienist” returns, but strains against its beautiful but oh-so-serious corsetry

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Katherine Langford as Nimue in "Cursed" (LUDOVIC ROBERT/Netflix)

Even a magical sword can’t help “Cursed,” a retelling of the Arthurian legend that needs honing

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Top Chef, Love Is Blind and Survivor (Netflix/Bravo/CBS)

Reality TV never reflected our reality, but watching it these days sparks a few unexpected emotions

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Alden Ehrenreich as John the Savage on "Brave New World" (Steve Schofield/Peacock)

Peacock’s Syfy-quality “Brave New World” dystopia crosses Burning Man and an orgy in an Apple store

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