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Roseanne Barr (AP/Jordan Strauss)

Returning “Roseanne,” and Roseanne Barr, to TV: It’s complicated

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Jimmy Kimmel participates in the "90th Oscars" panel (AP/Richard Shotwell)

Jimmy Kimmel on the 90th Oscars: Anything can happen

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Oprah Winfrey accepts the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th Golden Globe Awards (Paul Drinkwater/NBC)

Oprah Winfrey, surprise savior of the 75th Golden Globes

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Alex Hibbert as Kevin and Jason Mitchell as Brandon in "The Chi" (Showtime/Matt Dinerstein)

“The Chi”: Finally, TV that does justice to Chicago’s South Side

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Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington in "Game of Thrones" (HBO/Helen Sloan)

The final “Game of Thrones” season shuts out female directors and writers

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Judges Charlie Walk, Meghan Trainor, Sean “Diddy” Combs and DJ Khaled in "The Four: Battle for Stardom" (FOX/Ray Mickshaw)

“The Four: Battle for Stardom”: Fox’s post-“Idol” swing

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Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson in "grown-ish" (Freeform)

“Grown-ish”: The kid is alright

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David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in "The X-Files" (FOX/Ed Araquel)

“The X-Files” returns to a world gone mad

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Ted Danson and Kristen in "The Good Place" (NBC)

13 reasons why . . . we can look forward to TV in 2018

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Laura Dern in "Twin Peaks" (Showtime/Salon)

The 10 worst TV shows of 2017, ranked from broken to just plain bad

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Kellyanne Conway (NBC)

2017’s most memorable TV moments

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Aubrey Plaza as Lenny "Cornflakes" Busker in "Legion" (FX/Michelle Faye)

The 10 Best Oh-So-2017 Performances in TV

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Megyn Kelly (AP/Charles Sykes)

Megyn Kelly is having her moment, and it may be fleeting

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Jessica Raine in "The Last Post" (BBC One)

“The Last Post”: Why?

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(HBO)

The 10* best TV episodes of 2017

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Tom Cullen and Kit Harington in "Gunpowder" (HBO/HBRobert Viglasky)

“Gunpowder”: Kit Harington’s miniseries has more sizzle than bang

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The 30 greatest holiday episodes in TV history

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Jean-Claude Van Damme in "Jean-Claude Van Johnson" (Amazon Studios)

The Lost Action Hero: “Jean-Claude Van Johnson”

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Omarosa Manigault (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The White House cancels its other reality TV star, Omarosa Manigault

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"The Leftovers, "Glow," "Dear White People" (Netflix/HBO)

On the terror of creating year-end TV lists

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Claire Foy; Maggie Gyllenhaal; Elisabeth Moss (AP/ Grant Pollard/John Nacion/Richard Shotwell)

In defense of not caring about Golden Globes nominations

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William Jackson Harper and Kristen Bell in "The Good Place" (NBC/Colleen Hayes)

How-to-be-good TV: “The Good Place”

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Claire Foy and Matt Smith in "The Crown" (Netflix/Robert Viglasky)

Heavy lies “The Crown”: Getting to now from then

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Terry Crews (Getty/Frederick M. Brown)

Time exposes what’s been missing in the #MeToo discussion

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