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Tig Notaro as Tig in "One Mississippi" (Amazon Studios)

Amazon’s “One Mississippi” exudes calm confidence in its second season

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Tobias Menzies as Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall in "Outlander" (Starz/Aimee Spinks)

“Outlander”: In the third season, all’s unfair in love and war

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"American Horror Story: Cult" (FX)

“American Horror Story: Cult” is FX’s way of saying, “Tag, America — you’re ‘It’!”

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"You're the Worst" (FXX)

“What is happy?” Salon talks to the cast and creator of FXX’s “You’re the Worst”

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This Is Us; Atlanta; American Gods; Queen Sugar (NBC/FX/Starz/OWN)

“So simple it’s revolutionary”: On the increased variety of black male characters on TV

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BoJack Horseman (Netflix)

“BoJack Horseman”: Life’s hilarity and pain, illustrated

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Carolyn Taylor in "Baroness von Sketch Show" (Erin Simkin/IFC)

Salon Exclusive: Watch a clip from IFC’s latest episode of “Baroness Von Sketch Show”

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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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