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

Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks onstage during the Hulu Panel at Winter TCA 2020 at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 17, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Erik Voake/Getty Images for Hulu)

Hillary Clinton discusses being “the Rorschach test for women” and urges voters to take out Trump

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Jude Law and John Malkovich in "The New Pope" (Gianni Fiorito/HBO)

“The New Pope” is still sexy and it knows it

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Ben Mendelsohn and Cynthia Erivo in "The Outsider" (Bob Mahoney/HBO)

The slow dread of “The Outsider,” HBO’s series that defies Stephen King expectations

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Press secretary Ari Fleischer, "American Experience: George W. Bush" panel for PBS at TCA press tour (PBS)

Why Ari Fleischer is against resurrecting the extinct White House press briefings

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On the heels of the iconic Tournament of Champions, “JEOPARDY!” is coming to ABC in a multiple consecutive night event with “JEOPARDY! The Greatest of All Time,” premiering TUESDAY, JAN. 7 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. Hosted by Alex Trebek, “JEOPARDY! The Greatest of All Time” is produced by Sony Pictures Television. (ABC/Eric McCandless)

Alex Trebek reveals how he’ll decide when it’s finally time to leave “Jeopardy!”

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Party Of Five (Freeform)

“Party of Five” reboots the ’90s classic with a family orphaned by deportation

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Host Ricky Gervais speaks onstage during the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

Why the Golden Globes and host Ricky Gervais felt particularly pointless

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Better Things, Fleabag, The Good Place, and Russian Doll (FX/Netflix/Amazon/NBC)

As the world burns, existential TV reflects viewers’ needs to make sense of life

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Dracula (Netflix)

Netflix’s “Dracula”: Put a stake in it – it’s not well done

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split of Pedro Pascal as a Mandalorian bounty hunter and Henry Cavill as The Witcher (Disney+/Netflix)

“The Witcher” and “The Mandalorian,” heroes of the gig economy

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Mandip Gill as Yasmin Khan, Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair, Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien - Doctor Who Season 12 (Ben Blackall/BBC Studios/BBC America)

Before the first female 007 debuts, Jodie Whittaker’s “Doctor Who” gets into the spy game

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Taveeta Szymanowicz as Riri Curtis, Marlo Kelly as Beth Cassidy in DARE ME (Rafy/USA Network)

In USA’s clever potboiler “Dare Me,” mean girls can be murder

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Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad, Elisabeth Moss in Mad Men, and Danny Pudi in Community (AMC/NBC)

Best TV episodes of the decade, a highly subjective list

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The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) and the Child in THE MANDALORIAN (Disney+)

A new hope for “Star Wars” in “The Mandalorian” season finale

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Victoria Pedretti and Penn Badgley in "You" (Beth Dubber/Netflix)

New year, new “You”: Netflix’s stalker drama seeks romantic nirvana in a twisted Season 2

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Kanye West wrapped in an American flag (Brad Barket/Getty Images/Fast Company/Salon)

Democracy in the 2010s, aka the decline of Kanye West-ern civilization

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Henry Cavill in "The Witcher" (Katalin Vermes/Netflix)

“The Witcher” is baffling to the uninitiated, but diehards swear by its throwback fantasy charms

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Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge. (Robert Viglasky/FX)

There’s no comfort and joy in FX’s excruciating “Christmas Carol”

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Kellee Kim, "Survivor" (CBS)

The “Survivor” finale proves we’re still falling victim to workplace harassment

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Regina King in the season finale of "Watchmen" (Boris Martin/HBO)

“Watchmen” finale: One last reveal explains all those eggs and the crushing weight of legacy

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Executive Producer Lilly Wachowski, Abby McEnany and Executive Producer Tim (SHOWTIME)

“Work in Progress” tackles queer identity comedy nearly 30 years after “It’s Pat”

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Better Call Saul, RuPaul's Drag Race, and Atlanta (Guy D'Alema/FX/Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Tel/VH1)

Best TV of the Decade, from 2010 to 2019

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The Expanse (Amazon)

“The Expanse” relaunches on Amazon as stunning and complex as before

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in "Watchmen" (Mark Hill/HBO)

A divine interlude in the tunnel of love: “Watchmen” and the intersection of comic books and faith

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