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

Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro in "The Wizard of Lies" (Craig Blankenhorn/courtesy of HBO)

The devastating intimacy of HBO’s “The Wizard of Lies”

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Roger Ailes (FOX News via Getty/Wesley Mann)

Master deceivers: When Roger Ailes met Richard Nixon

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Ellie Kemper as Kimmy Schmidt in "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (Netflix/Eric Liebowitz)

Still unbreakable: The education of Kimmy Schmidt continues in season 3

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Ned as Martin and Allison Tolman as Nan in "Downward Dog" (ABC/Craig Sjodin)

“Downward Dog”: A surprisingly agile take on the TV romantic comedy

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"Sleepy Hollow," "Timeless," "Last Man Standing" (FOX/NBC/ABC)

Opiate for the Masses: It’s spring cleaning time for expired meds, er, TV series

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"13 Reasons Why," "Feud," "The Leftovers" (Netflix/FX/HBO)

Little landmines: What to watch (out for) on Mother’s Day when you’re grieving

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Steve Harvey (Reuters/Patrick Fallon)

Steve Harvey cries for “me time” and, on some level, I get it

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Kathryn Hahn and Kevin Bacon in "I Love Dick" (Amazon Studios)

But . . . is it TV? “I Love Dick” aspires to make high art for the small screen

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS/Scott Kowalchyk)

It’s a “Daily Show” Reunion on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”

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Amanda Peet and Hank Azaria (Erika Doss/ifc)

There is joy in Morristown: Salon talks to Hank Azaria, star of “Brockmire”

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(Salon/Peter Cooper)

Clay Aiken tells us what ABC’s “American Idol” reboot has to get right

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"Master of None" (Netflix/Barbara Nitke)

Eat it up: The second helping of “Master of None” is artistically satisfying and visually sumptuous

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"Roseanne;" "The Big Bang Theory;" "Game of Thrones" (ABC/CBS/HBO)

Opiate for the Masses: “Game of Thrones” is the latest series to feed our spinoff habit

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W. Kamau Bell in "United Shades of America" (CNN)

“I don’t have an agenda; I just want to learn”: Salon talks to W. Kamau Bell about “United Shades of America”

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Winona Ryder in "Heathers;" Katherine Langford in "13 Reasons Why" (New World Pictures/Netflix/Beth Dubber)

We need to talk about “13 Reasons Why”: The timeless case for getting into uncomfortable conversations about teen crises as seen on TV — and in movies

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Kelly Ripa; Ryan Seacrest (AP/Richard Shotwell/Jordan Strauss)

“Live with Kelly and Ryan”: TV’s bubbliest morning show adds Ryan Seacrest, who may never sleep again

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Samantha Bee (AP/Evan Agostini/Salon)

“Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner”: Samantha Bee comes out stinging in a funny, freewheeling live special

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American Gods (Starz)

Divine drama: “American Gods” answers our prayers for a show worthy of worship

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Trevor Noah; Jimmy Fallon; Stephen Colbert (Getty/Dimitrios Kambouris/Loreen Sarkis/Dave Kotinsky)

If late-night comedy goes on strike: What happens if Jimmy Fallon has to write his own jokes?

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Dear White People (Netflix/Adam Rose)

“Dear White People,” listen up: This is the conversation starter about race you’ve wanted

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Mark Moses, Bonnie Somerville and Mariska Hargitay in "Law Order: SVU" (Michael Parmelee/NBC)

“Law & Order: SVU” rips into Fox News’ harassment headlines

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Elisabeth Moss in "The Handmaid's Tale" (Hulu)

“The Handmaid’s Tale”: A dystopian tale of female subjugation that hits close to home

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Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein in "Genius " (National Geographic/Dusan Martincek)

Not much “Genius” here: NatGeo’s Einstein series isn’t as great as the grand idea behind it

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Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford in "Feud: Bette and Joan." (Suzanne Tenner/FX)

“Feud: Bette and Joan” fades out: Old Hollywood may have been no match for the modern woman

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