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

(Colin Young-Wolff/CBS Entertainment)

Are you watching “Love Island”? It’s the feel-superior hit of the summer

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(Merie W. Wallace/HBO)

Where did the “Big Little Lies” spark go?

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Winona Ryder in "Stranger Things" (Netflix)

“Stranger Things” wants to be everybody’s memory and nobody’s parable

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Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson (AP/Charlie Neibergall)

America’s curious political awakening to Marianne Williamson

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Jessica Brown Findlay in "Harlots" (Des Willie/Hulu)

What to watch after “Stranger Things” season 3: Start with “Harlots”

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Crimes against potato salad: How not to get uninvited from the cookout

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"Stranger Things" (Netflix)

We can’t say enough about “Stranger Things” season 3 — literally

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Russell Crowe as Roger Ailes in "The Loudest Voice" (JoJo Whilden/Showtime)

Fox News mastermind Roger Ailes, sleazy and malevolent, still haunts us in “The Loudest Voice”

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Kristen Bell in "Veronica Mars" (Michael Desmond)

Smart Watch: “Veronica Mars” returns! Here’s your guide to new TV coming in July

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Democratic presidential hopefuls (fromL) US author and writer Marianne Williamson, former Governor of Colorado John Hickenlooper, US attorney and entrepreneur Andrew Yang, Mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg, former US Vice President Joseph R. Biden, US Senator for Vermont Bernie Sanders, US Senator for California Kamala Harris, US Senator for New York Kirsten Gillibrand, US Senator for Colorado Michael Bennet, US Representative for California's 15th congressional district Eric Swalwell, participate in the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, June 27, 2019. (Getty/Saul Loeb)

Democratic debate night 2: Kamala Harris knew she was on TV and it paid off

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Moderators Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow host the first night of the Democratic presidential primary debate in Miami, Florida, on June 26, 2019. (Getty/Jim Watson)

Hot mics, yikes: NBC’s first Democratic debate became a reality TV audition round gone sideways

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"Years and Years" (Matt Squire/HBO)

The quiet alarm of “Years and Years”: A slow slide into dystopia, with cozy family dinners intact

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Meghan McCain; Joy Behar (Walt Disney Television/Lou Rocco/Jeff Neira)

How we view the women of “The View”: Come for viral catfights, stay for the substance

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Bobby Berk, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness and Karamo Brown in "Queer Eye" (Christopher Smith/Netflix)

Smart Watch: Not all reality TV is trash! These unscripted shows are actually useful

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Carla Gugino in "Jett" (Ben Mark Holzberg/CINEMAX)

How Cinemax’s “Jett” does nudity — and plenty of it — right

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"Alternatino with Arturo Castro" (Cara Howe)

Arturo Castro’s “Alternatino”: Comedy that’s “leaving a little blood in the water”

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(ABC News)

ABC’s “30 Hours” Donald Trump special was a ratings bust — but in history’s long view, it will count

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Florentina Patru and Constantin Mutu on FX's "The Weekly" (FX)

Why the NY Times is breaking this devastating story about an asylum-seeking family on TV

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Hunter Schafer and Zendaya in "Euphoria" (Eddy Chen/HBO)

Smart Watch: HBO’s “Euphoria” is a party drug for some, effective birth control for others

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Fred Armisen in "Documentary Now!;" Aidy Bryant in "Shrill;" Kenan Thompson in "The Kenan Show" (Rhys Thomas/IFC/Hulu/Ron Batzdorff/NBC)

The “Saturday Night Live” star machine is alive and well

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"Marvel's Jessica Jones" (David Giesbrecht/Netflix)

The end of “Jessica Jones”: Better to burn out than fade away

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TV’s changing view of the change: The menopause conversation is getting better, finally

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Tucker Carlson; Rachel Maddow; Don Lemon (AP/Richard Drew/Steven Senne/Charles Syke)

Americans want journalists to fix the fake news problem. Can facts once again prevail?

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Dominique Jackson as Elektra in "Pose" (Macall Polay/FX)

Smart Watch: “Pose” returns with a season demanding to be seen

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