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

Rachel Brosnahan accepts the award for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, Sept. 17, 2018. (AP/Chris Pizzello)

Weak and predictable Emmy Awards fails to solve its diversity problem

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Steve Bannon in "The Circus" (Showtime/T.j. Kirkpatrick)

“The Circus” host grills Steve Bannon on his Trump propaganda film

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Tom Arnold in "The Hunt for the Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold" (Shane McCauley for Viceland)

Tom Arnold is on “The Hunt for the Trump Tapes”

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"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (NBC/Salon)

Smart Watch: Emmy snubbed “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Counterpart” and others. Let’s watch them instead!

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Norm MacDonald (Dustin Snipes/Red Bul/AP)

Norm Macdonald has a show. But when hasn’t he? That’s the problem

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Wil Wheaton (AP/Richard Shotwell)

Wil Wheaton, lifelong fan of PBS and libraries, has one book he can’t recommend

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FILE - In this July 29, 2013, file photo, Les Moonves arrives at the CBS, CW and Showtime TCA party at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Moonves was the second highest paid CEO in 2014, according to a study carried out by executive compensation data firm Equilar and The Associated Press. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) (Jordan Strauss/invision/ap)

Les Moonves resigns from CBS, but is it a true #MeToo victory if he reaps a payout?

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Kyle and Alex in "Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age" (HBO)

Dangers of dating in the Tinder age: “If you called someone you’d probably get labeled a psychopath”

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Christiane Amanpour

Christiane Amanpour on journalism in the age of Trump: “It’s an unprecedented assault on the press”

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"The Deuce" (HBO/Salon)

Smart Watch: “The Deuce” returns with more strut in its street tales

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Bobby Brown (Willy Sanjuan/invision/ap)

Bobby Brown on “The Bobby Brown Story,” mental health, and being in “the R&B ‘Lord of the Rings'”

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(NBC/Shutterstock)

Can “Law & Order: Hate Crimes” work in the era of Trump and Black Lives Matter?

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Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler in "Better Call Saul" (Nicole Wilder/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

We are all Kim Wexler: “Better Call Saul” and the painful realities of mid-career crisis

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg mid workout routine in "RBG" (Magnolia Pictures)

Smart Watch: The notorious “RBG” comes to CNN and more top TV picks for the week

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Issa Rae in "Insecure;" Ted Danson in "The Good Place;" Benedict Cumberbatch in "Patrick Melrose" (HBO/NBC/Showtime)

What to binge watch over Labor Day to get ready for the Emmys

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(CBS)

Trump’s NAFTA speaker phone call to Mexico: Reality TV posing as “breaking news”

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Patricia Clarkson as Adora Crellin, Eliza Scanlen as Amma Crellin, and Amy Adams as Camille Preaker in "Sharp Objects" (HBO/Anne Marie Fox)

The “Sharp Objects” finale and the dangers of white women’s tears

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"Charmed" (The CW)

TV revivals and inclusive casting: An opportunity that can’t just be skin-deep

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(Amazon)

Smart Watch: “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” Ava DuVernay’s “August 28” and more top TV this week

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"Random Acts of Flyness" (HBO)

Terence Nance on “Random Acts of Flyness”: How HBO’s most daring show gets made

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Michelle Wolf; Jimmys Kimmel and Fallon; Robin Thede (Getty/Salon)

No more Jimmys on late night: Why we need more women comedians hosting now

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Sacha Baron Cohen (Getty Images)

“Who Is America?”: What Sacha Baron Cohen’s non-famous subjects say about who we are now

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"Casual;" "Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television" (Hulu/YouTube Premium)

Smart Watch: What’s on TV in August, besides everything we’ve missed?

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Doreen Garner and Terence Nance in "Random Acts of Flyness" (HBO)

“Random Acts of Flyness”: HBO’s midnight marvel will make your head spin

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