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

Brooklynn Prince in "Home Before Dark" (AppleTV+)

“We’re so used to underestimating girls”: How an AppleTV+ series champions truth-tellers of any age

Melanie McFarland
Domhnall Gleeson and Merritt Wever in "Run" (Ken Woroner/HBO)

HBO’s seductive “Run” gathers speed as a romantic train trip goes off the rails

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"Belgravia" (Epix)

“Belgravia”: Where “Downton Abbey” meets Dickens, except with a more dashing, less hungry orphan

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"The Good Fight" (CBS All Access)

“The Good Fight” dreams up a Hillary Clinton timeline we’ve all wondered about

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Quibi, a new streaming service for mobile (Quibi)

Now is not the time for Quibi, the new streaming service for your phone

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Thandie Newton in "Westworld" (HBO)

“Westworld,” in a manner of speaking, pits Maeve’s fluency against Dolores’ conquering ways

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Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (Netflix)

“Tiger King” and the schadenfreude of seeing privileged insanity run wild

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Brooklyn Prince in "Home Before Dark" (Apple TV+)

“Home Before Dark” gives TV a fierce, feminist hero in the guise of a 9-year-old reporter

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Bob Odenkirk in "Better Call Saul" (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

“Better Call Saul” and the two faces of JMM

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Eve Lindley and Andre Benjamin in "Dispatches From Elsewhere" (AMC)

“Dispatches From Elsewhere” stars on connecting to the show’s mystery without a murder

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The Daily Show Witch Trevor Noah: Social Distancing Edition (Comedy Central)

Live from their homes: Late night hosts are back to show we’re all in this together

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Breeders (FX)

“Breeders” feels your parenting pain and cusses right along with you

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Isa Briones and Patrick Stewart, "Star Trek: Picard" (CBS All Access)

In these darkest of times “Star Trek: Picard” is a humane light from a distant, possible future

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Ava DuVernay (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Ava DuVernay talks to Salon about her revolutionary — but not political — series “Cherish the Day”

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Caleb Malis, Azhy Robertson, and Morgan Spector in "The Plot Against America" (Michele K. Short/HBO)

“When do we stop being safe here?”: How the U.S. resembles this HBO show’s scary alternate history

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Washington Nationals' Victor Robles watches his ball as he hits a solo home run off New York Yankees pitcher Jonathan Loaisiga during the third inning of a spring training baseball game, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Do you miss sports? It’s always game day somewhere streaming on your TV

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Octavia Spencer in "Self Made" (Amanda Matlovich/Netflix)

Netflix’s lush “Self Made” deftly glams up an underexposed history

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Alison Pill in "Devs" (FX)

Given the current state of affairs, “Devs” might be more hopeful than it initially looked

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Grocery stores were packed with big crowds and long lines as latest spike of COVID-19 cases prompted panic buying across the country on March 12, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Two weeks of supplies: What should be on your disaster grocery list

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Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington in "Little Fires Everywhere" (Hulu)

“Little Fires Everywhere” is a gripping, soapy reminder that yesterday’s ills are still present

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Evan Rachel Wood in "Westworld" (John P. Johnson/HBO)

“Westworld” rides towards its manifest destiny, this time in a straighter line

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Hillary (Hulu)

“Hillary” director reflects on the “self-fulfilling prophecy” on women running for president

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Dylan O'Brien in "Amazing Stories" (Apple TV+)

The “Amazing Stories” reboot doesn’t live up to its name, but it doesn’t have to

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Nick Offerman in "Devs" (Miya Mizuno/FX)

“Devs” is Alex Garland’s aesthetically mesmerizing and engrossing modern horror story

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