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Pedro Pascal in "Narcos" (Netflix/Juan Pablo Gutierrez)

“Narcos” returns with a fresh approach and a season steeped in violent paranoia

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Vladimir Furdik as the Night King in Game of Thrones (HBO)

“Game of Thrones” post-finale: A little more pondering about “The Dragon and the Wolf”

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Lena Headey and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in "Game of Thrones" (HBO/Macall B. Polay)

“Game of Thrones” recap: “The Dragon and the Wolf” is a satisfying end to an uneven season

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(HBO)

Arya versus Sansa, the other battlefront on “Game of Thrones”

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"Game of Thrones" (HBO)

How Westeros Can Be Won: A quick rundown of Valyrian steel on “Game of Thrones”

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(HBO)

Despite declarations to the contrary, black people watch “Game of Thrones”

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Peter Serafinowicz and Griffin Newman in "The Tick" (Amazon Studios)

“The Tick” struggles as it pits lunacy against modern ideas of comic book gravitas

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Kathy Bates in Disjointed (Netflix/Patrick Wymore)

“Disjointed”: The marijuana sitcom made for killjoys who don’t smoke pot

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Vladimir Furdik in "Game of Thrones" (HBO)

“Game of Thrones” recap: “Beyond the Wall,” an adventure into thin air

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Jessie T. Usher and RonReaco Lee in "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)

“Survivor’s Remorse”: Real comedy that finds honest laughter in pain

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Mackenzie Davis as Cameron Howe in "Halt and Catch Fire" (AMC/Erika Doss)

The end of AMC’s “Halt and Catch Fire” invites a reconsideration of its opening episodes

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John Bradley and Hannah Murray in "Game of Thrones" (HBO/Helen Sloan)

How legitimate is the annulment shocker that “Game of Thrones” tossed at us?

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Shonda Rhimes (Getty/Mike Coppola)

The humans versus the machines: Broadcast and cable face the Silicon Valley invasion

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Krysten Ritter, Finn Jones, Charlie Cox and Mike Colter in "Marvel's The Defenders" (Netflix/Sarah Shatz)

Netflix’s “The Defenders” isn’t the best Marvel series, but it may be what we need right now

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

“Game of Thrones” recap: “Eastwatch” gathers the storm

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Sophie Turner, Isaac Hempstead Wright, and Maisie Williams in "Game of Thrones" (HBO/Helen Sloan)

“Game of Thrones”: The magic of the Starks is survival

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The Brave; Valor; SEAL Team (NBC/CW/CBS)

Fall TV: The military look is in this season

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Young Sheldon; The Gifted; The Mayor (CBS/FOX/ABC)

TCA Report: The Fall TV outlook for the broadcast networks isn’t pretty

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Jerome Flynn in "Game of Thrones" (HBO/Macall B. Polay)

“Game of Thrones” recap: “The Spoils of War,” paid for in fire and blood

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"The Vietnam War" (PBS)

“Anything can happen”: PBS waits for Congress to approve its funding

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Tara Reid and Ian Ziering in "Sharknado 5: Global Warming" (Syfy/Yana Blajeva)

“Sharknado 5: Global Swarming” makes us question why this keeps happening to us

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Future Man; The Deuce; Spielberg (Hulu; HBO)

Fall TV: Cable & streaming’s new offerings mitigate a mediocre broadcast season

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Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell in "Game of Thrones" (HBO/Helen Sloan)

“Game” recognize game: Let’s pour out some Arbor Gold for Olenna Tyrell

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Shemar Moore in S.W.A.T. (CBS/Michael Yarish)

CBS gets grilled on diversity by reporters, but there may be hope for it yet

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