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

John Kransinki in "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Season 2" (Kurt Iswarienko/Amazon Studios)

“Jack Ryan” returns, still clinging to an outdated action movie ethos

Melanie McFarland
Laurie Blake (Jean Smart) in HBO’s Watchmen. (Mark Hill/HBO)

Women come first, sexposition second in TV’s recent depictions of female pleasure

Melanie McFarland
Regina King in "Watchmen" (Mark Hill/HBO)

“Watchmen” creator and star: This is America’s history, not just black or white history

Melanie McFarland
Catherine Herridge and Shannon Bream (Noam Galai/Getty Images/CBS)

How Fox’s dismayed “news” staff can learn from the Deadspin exodus

Melanie McFarland
Stills from Apple TV+ series Dickinson, For All Mankind, See, and The Morning Show (Apple)

Assessing the Apple TV+ new series, from “The Morning Show” to “For All Mankind”

Hanh Nguyen, Melanie McFarland, Ashlie D. Stevens
Peacock, HBO Max, Apple TV+, and Disney+ (NBC/HBO/Disney/Apple)

Streaming overview: What HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV+, and Peacock have to offer

Melanie McFarland
Harvey Weinstein exits State Supreme Court, June 5, 2018 in New York City. Weinstein pleaded not guilty on two counts of rape and one count of a criminal sexual act. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Court TV is back in session and preparing for Weinstein

Melanie McFarland
Kathryn Hahn, "Mrs. Fletcher" (HBP)

The sexual frustration of “Mrs. Fletcher”

Melanie McFarland
Still from BoJack Horseman (Netflix)

“BoJack Horseman”: Can this dark horse find light at the end of the race?

Melanie McFarland
CASTLE ROCK-- "Let The River Run" - Episode 201 -- A nurse gets waylaid in Castle Rock. Joy (Elsie Fisher), shown. (Dana Starbard/Hulu)

More “Misery,” more problems: “Castle Rock” returns, more slippery than ever

Melanie McFarland
"Shia LaBeouf" Live (Zach Callahan)

“‘Shia LaBeouf’ Live,” an oral history of the Internet’s most bombastic meme on its anniversary

Melanie McFarland
Shepard Smith (AP/Richard Drew)

The faith of the Fox Nation: Belief in opinions trumps hope in news

Melanie McFarland
Regina King in "Watchmen" (Mark Hill/HBO)

“Watchmen” is a brutally provocative reckoning of alternate history

Melanie McFarland
Paul Rudd and Paul Rudd in "Living With Yourself" (Netflix)

We love Paul Rudd, even in his unremarkable new Netflix show “Living With Yourself”

Melanie McFarland
Parents of British Teen killed in car accident involving wife of a US Diplomat hold a press conference at the Parker Hotel in New York, New York on October 14, 2019. (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

Trump treated the Dunns like characters on reality TV, with grotesque results

Melanie McFarland
TREADSTONE, Episode 101, "The Cicada Protocol." Pictured: Jeremy Irvine as J. Randolph Bentley (Jonathan Hession/USA Network)

USA’s Bourne spinoff “Treadstone” feels retro and exactly what’s needed today

Melanie McFarland
Cristina Rodlo as Luz Ojeda, Derek Mio as Chester Nakayama- The Terror _ Season 2, Episode 8 (Ed Araquel/AMC)

“The Terror: Infamy” twist ending: humanity wins, as long as we don’t forget our sins

Melanie McFarland
"Succession" (HBO)

“Succession” ends its second season with a killer instinct

Melanie McFarland
Stills from Fast Color and Raising Dion (LionsGate/Netflix)

Unlike “Fast Color,” “Raising Dion” may be an industry underdog tale where the little guy wins

Melanie McFarland
Kennedy McMann as "Nancy Drew" (The CW)

The all-new “Nancy Drew” is progressive and hooking up, y’all

Melanie McFarland
Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. actress Melissa McCarthy while taping Finding Your Roots. (Courtesy of McGee Media)

The stealthy politics of “Finding Your Roots”

Melanie McFarland
Saturday Night Live skits (Will Heath/NBC)

How can “Saturday Night Live” parody a farcical administration?

Melanie McFarland
MR. ROBOT -- "Unauthorized" Episode 401 -- Pictured: (l-r) Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, Christian Slater as Mr. Robot (Elizabeth Fisher/USA Network)

Unhinged melody: “Mr. Robot” puts a grim holiday bow on its endgame

Melanie McFarland
One American News (One American News Network)

How One America News sells an altered reality to voters who dream of wealth

Melanie McFarland
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