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

Melanie Scrofano, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, and Tim Rozon in "Wynonna Earp" (Syfy)

Get us out from under. . .”Wynonna Earp”? That’s right

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Alex Jones; Megyn Kelly (Getty/Oli Scarff/AP/Chris Pizzello)

Megyn Kelly, NBC’s first lady of normalizing

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Elisabeth Moss as Offred in "The Handmaid's Tale" (Hulu/George Kraychyk)

“The Handmaid’s Tale” finale prepares us for a future yet to be written

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Bob Odenkirk in "Better Call Saul" (AMC)

When Cain makes Abel: Third season of “Better Call Saul” explores how family can make a good man go bad

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Historical marker commemorating the 50th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia (AP/Steve Helber)

“Loving” author on how slow racial equality progress can be: “We still have that kind of politics”

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Jordan Klepper in "Jordan Klepper Solves Guns" (Comedy Central)

“Jordan Klepper Solves Guns” answers crucial questions (unrelated to guns)

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Tatiana Maslany as Cosima in Orphan Black (BBC America)

Come together, right now: “Orphan Black” sets the stage for its final season

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Kate Mulgrew, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling in Orange is the New Black (Netflix/Jojo Whilden)

Brightness fades: The new season of “Orange Is the New Black” turns grim

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Justina Machado as Brenda Parra and Alice Braga as Teresa Mendoza in "Queen of the South" (USA Network/Bill Matlock)

“Queen of the South” and “Claws”: Sometimes bad can be very, very good

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Al Franken; Bill Maher; Kathy Griffin (Getty Images)

Off-color, off-brand: What Kathy Griffin’s and Bill Maher’s gaffes have in common

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Carrie Coon and Christopher Eccleston in "The Leftovers" (HBO/Ben King)

The end of “The Leftovers” leaves us to contemplate what remains and what we have

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Nikki Swango in "Fargo." (FX/Chris Large)

In “Fargo,” the fight for truth and justice is a woman’s game

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The cast of the Showtime original series I'M DYING UP HERE (Patrick Ecclesine/showtime)

“I’m Dying Up Here”: Showtime’s uneven drama flatlines

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Lee; Rachel Lindsay in "The Bachelorette" (ABC)

A suitor on “The Bachelorette” is revealed to be . . . possibly racist

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Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood in "House Of Cards" (Netflix/David Giesbrecht)

Drag me to hell: “House of Cards” shambles onward in season 5

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Aldis Hodge in "Underground" (WGN)

WGN America cancels “Underground”

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Can we talk? Salon speaks to comedian Moshe Kasher

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Cover detail of "Are You Anybody?: A Memoir" by Jeffrey Tambor (Crown Archetype)

“Are You Anybody?” Salon talks to Jeffrey Tambor about his new book

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Samurai Jack (Cartoon Network)

The warrior’s way out: “Samurai Jack” finds a rare honorable ending

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Ellie Kemper and Tituss Burgess in "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (Netflix/Eric Liebowitz)

We all have a Mystery Crank: “Kimmy Schmidt” Season 3 and feminism

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Kyle MacLachlan as Dale Cooper in "Twin Peaks" (Showtime/Suzanne Tenner)

“I don’t understand this situation at all”: Easter egg hunting in “Twin Peaks”

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Steve Bannon (PBS)

Frontline’s “Bannon’s War”: An efficient examination of the philosophy steering the White House

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Kyle MacLachlan in a still from Twin Peaks. Photo: Suzanne Tenner/SHOWTIME (Suzanne Tenner)

Lots of table setting, hold the pie: “Twin Peaks” returns and keeps us waiting

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Mädchen Amick and Peggy Lipton in "Twin Peaks" (Showtime/Suzanne Tenner)

“Twin Peaks”: Can a classic succeed at being happening again?

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