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

Jeri Ryan in "Picard" (Jeri Ryan; Picard)

“Star Trek”: Watch Picard and Seven of Nine discuss their Borg past in this exclusive sneak peek

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The Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos (Reuters/Gus Ruelas)

“Amazon Empire” is PBS’ frightening look at Jeff Bezos’ relentless capitalist success story

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Gayle King speaks at the 62nd Grammy Awards Nominations at CBS Broadcast Center on November 20, 2019 in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

When Snoop Dogg and the trolls came for Gayle King, most of us said nothing. That’s a problem

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Xosha Roquemore & Alano Miller in "Cherish the Day" / Zoe Kravitz in "High Fidelity" (Steven Baffo/Warner Bros./OWN/Phillip Caruso/Hulu)

Romancing the music: “High Fidelity” and “Cherish the Day” find affection in their art

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Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)

Samantha Bee teases big election coverage, from presidential harassment to a strategic joy offensive

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Nicholas Pinnock and Indira Varma in "For Life" (ABC/Giovanni Rufino)

“Power” producer 50 Cent brings a story of wrongful conviction in ABC’s “For Life”

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Bong Joon-ho, right, reacts as he is presented with the award for best picture for "Parasite" from presenter Jane Fonda at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Looking on from left are Kang-Ho Song and Kwak Sin Ae. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Big wins for “Parasite” including Best Picture provide the thrills in a long, dull Oscars 2020

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Claire Danes as Carrie in HOMELAND (Sifeddine Elamine/SHOWTIME)

“Homeland” returns one last time for a final hope of ending an endless war

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U.S. President Donald Trump gets into an exchange with Jim Acosta of CNN after giving remarks a day after the midterm elections on November 7, 2018 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

How can the media earn back the trust of viewers? Stop playing by Trump’s rules for coverage

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Tommy (CBS)

“Tommy” is bracing and earnestly woke, maybe even too much for CBS’ audience

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Diahann Carroll, Barry Jenkins, Nathalie Emmanuel, Cuba Gooding Jr, Jill Scott, and John Boyega (Simon Frederick/Array/Netflix)

“They’ve Gotta Have Us” could have made history, if it weren’t missing so much of it

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Shakira and Jennifer Lopez perform onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Shakira and Jennifer Lopez stun in a stealthily political Super Bowl halftime show

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Don Lemon (Mike Pont/Getty Images)

Don Lemon, this is no laughing matter

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BoJack Horseman (Netflix)

In a fitting series finale, “BoJack Horseman” finds out what it truly means to be canceled

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Jameela Jamil as Tahani, Manny Jacinto as Jason, D'Arcy Carden as Janet, Kristen Bell as Eleanor, William Jackson Harper as Chidi in "The Good Place" (Colleen Hayes/NBC)

“The Good Place” comes to a worthy end, where it finds the bittersweet joy of what makes us human

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Richard Armitage and Hannah John-Kamen in "The Stranger" (Netflix)

Netflix’s “The Stranger” is an anxiety-inducing thriller that asks how well you know your loved ones

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Geraldine Viswanathan and Steve Buscemi in "Miracle Workers: Dark Ages" (Stanislav Honzík/TBS)

Sweet but unchallenging, “Miracle Workers: Dark Ages” dresses our modern ignorance in medieval garb

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How To Get Away With Murder / NCIS / Law & Order (ABC/CBS/NBC)

Are crime shows slowing justice reform? Here’s the insidious storytelling bias miseducating viewers

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Hillary (Hulu/Barbara Kinney)

“Hillary” review: Scorching contempt is this trailblazer’s lot in Hulu’s candid Clinton docuseries

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Sir Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard of the CBS All Access series STAR TREK: PICARD (James Dimmock/CBS)

“Star Trek: Picard” marks the engaging return of the Enterprise’s greatest captain

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Pamela Adlon on "Better Things" (Beth Dubber/FX/Getty Images/Salon)

This “Better Things” chili is a homemade meal to warm the body and soul

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Awkwafina in "Nora From Queens" (Zach Dilgard/Comedy Central)

Awkwafina’s “Nora From Queens” channels “Broad City” but must hone its own rowdy identity

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Mare Winningham and Ben Mendelsohn in "The Outsider" (Bob Mahoney/HBO)

“The Outsider”: Crafting Stephen King’s suburban horror despite a New York state of mind

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Hugh Laurie in "Avenue 5" (Alex Bailey/HBO)

“Veep” creator on trading the Oval Office for lawless space in HBO’s wacky comedy “Avenue 5”

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