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

Kit Harington on Game Of Thrones (Helen Sloan/HBO)

Friendly reminder: The Golden Globes know nothing about good TV

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Stills from Work In Progress and The L Word: Generation Q (Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Jean Whiteside/SHOWTIME)

“The L Word: Generation Q” wants us back, but we’d rather hang with “Work in Progress”

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Zach Woods, Thomas Middleditch, Martin Starr and Kumail Nanjiani in "Silicon Valley" (Eddy Chen/HBO)

“Silicon Valley” powers down for the last time, silently

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A roundup of this year's top TV. Split featuring stills from "Succession," "Pose," "Watchmen," "Fleabag," and "Russian Doll" (HBO/FX/Amazon/Netflix/)

This one (only) goes up to 11: the best TV of 2019 and the many runners-up

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

“Mrs. Maisel” is still marvelous in its anachronistic unreality

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Bjorn (Alexander Ludwig) from HISTORY's "Vikings." (A+E Networks/History Channel/Jonathan Hession)

“Vikings” kicks off its final season with its own “tender moment” in history

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Christmas at Dollywood (Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: David Dolsen)

Hallmark Christmas movie schlock has infected all of TV, and the symptoms are bland and homogeneous

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Nell Tiger Free in “Servant” (Apple TV+)

“Servant” is M. Night Shyamalan’s slow stroll through the horror of first world problems

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Green Bean Casserole (Getty Images)

Eat this green bean casserole made with love or stop complaining about it

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Jovan Adepo in Watchmen (HBO/Mark Hill)

“Watchmen” creator Damon Lindelof talks about America’s white superhero complex

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Watchmen (Mark Hill/HBO)

HBO’s “Watchmen” trolls history and heroic whiteness in the most extraordinary episode yet

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Julianne Hough and Dolly Parton in "Dolly Parton's Heartstrings" (Tina Rowden/Netflix)

With “Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings,” you know ’tis the season for feel-good culture

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Kellee Kim from "Survivor," Kamala Harris at the Democratic Debates, and Fiona Hill at the Impeachment Hearings (AP Photo/John Bazemore/Jeff Malet Photography/CBS/Salon)

From “Survivor” to D.C., women are showing up strong on TV, but does patriarchal America care?

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Kristen Bell as Eleanor, William Jackson Harper as Chidi in "The Good Place" (Colleen Hayes/NBC)

“The Good Place” tenderly approaches the final answer in its midseason finale

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Mac and cheese (Getty Images)

Does mac and cheese belong in a holiday meal? Yes — and here’s my go-to recipe

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Waad al-Kateab, director, producer, cinematographer and film subject of "For Sama" (Courtesy of PBS Distribution)

Frontline’s “For Sama” does its part to close the immigration empathy gap

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Olivia Colman in "The Crown" (Netflix)

“The Crown” and Her Majesty’s midlife crisis

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We’re watching the same impeachment hearings, but seeing vastly different TV shows

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"The Man In The High Castle: Season 4" - Rufus Sewell (Amazon Prime Video)

Finally, “The Man in the High Castle” fascist fantasy ends amidst America’s sobering reality

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Dollface -- "Beauty Queen" - Episode 105 -- Jules struggles to understand the rules of keeping secrets among friends, which causes a problem for Madison at work. Stella tries to teach Izzy to be more mysterious. Madison (Brenda Song), Stella (Shay Mitchell), Izzy (Esther Povitsky), and Jules (Kat Dennings), shown. (Ali Goldstein/Hulu)

“Dollface” is the comfortable yet unremarkable grey sweatpants of friendship comedies

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Pedro Pascal is The Mandalorian in the Disney+ series "The Mandalorian" (Francois Duhamel/Lucasfilm Ltd.)

The Force is strong with “The Mandalorian” debut, but not the glitchy Disney+ launch

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Rick and Morty season 4 still (Adult Swim)

Finally “Rick and Morty” is back with the inspiring nihilism we crave

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Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston in “The Morning Show,” on Apple TV+. (Apple TV+)

CNN’s Brian Stelter reflects on “The View” venom and leaving Trump out of “The Morning Show”

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Rick and Morty (Adult Swim)

A “Rick and Morty” guide to 9 essential episodes to get schwifty for Season 4

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