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

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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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”

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Peacock, HBO Max, Apple TV+, and Disney+ (NBC/HBO/Disney/Apple)

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

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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

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Kathryn Hahn, "Mrs. Fletcher" (HBP)

The sexual frustration of “Mrs. Fletcher”

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Still from BoJack Horseman (Netflix)

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

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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

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"Shia LaBeouf" Live (Zach Callahan)

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

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Shepard Smith (AP/Richard Drew)

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

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