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Opiate for the Masses: Jimmy Kimmel may be the right prescription for a politically charged Oscar night

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"Patriot" (Amazon Studios/Elizabeth Morris)

Pledging allegiance to Amazon’s enigmatic “Patriot” may be worth it, but it isn’t an easy mission

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Crashing (HBO/Mary Cybulski)

With “Crashing,” Pete Holmes makes a good comedy about a decent man who’s a bad comic

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This undated photo provided by the family's attorney shows Tamir Rice. (AP Photo/Courtesy Richardson & Kucharski Co., L.P.A.)

A matter of survival: “The Talk” is a conversation about parents, kids and police

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John Oliver with a "Make Donald Drumpf Again" cap (HBO/Eric Liebowitz)

When laughing matters: Late-night comedy gets serious in an absurdist era of governance

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Damian Lewis as Bobby "Axe" Axelrod in "Billions" (Showtime/Jeff Neumann)

“Hate is nature’s most perfect energy source”: Showtime’s “Billions” hits its stride in its return

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Big Little Lies (HBO/Hilary Bronwyn Gayle)

“Big Little Lies” puts a basic cable story into a prestige package

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Rachel Lindsay is the next “Bachelorette” (ABC/Randy Holmes)

Opiate for the masses: In selecting a black woman to woo, “The Bachelorette” does something it should have done years ago

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Right on target: “Tower” tells the painful tale of the first mass school shooting in America

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Red state TV: Networks are reportedly seeking pilots appealing to Trump voters

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Opiate For the Masses: Do you like to watch? Your secrets are not safe with your TV

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Katie Aselton as Amy, Dan Stevens as David Haller on "Legion" (FX/Chris Large)

Believe your eyes: FX’s “Legion” is an extraordinary trip inside a hero’s subjective reality

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"Obsession: Dark Desires" (Investigation Discovery)

Opiate for the Masses: Oh, “Snapped”! Oxygen joins Investigation Discovery as a purveyor of true crime, all the time

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Training Day (cBS/Patrick McElhenney)

The wheels come off in the television take of “Training Day”

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(NBC/Paul Drinkwater)

Boast in the machine: “The New Celebrity Apprentice” is flailing in the ratings — and that’s not entirely Arnold’s fault

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"The Expanse" (Syfy)

“The Expanse”: Syfy’s futuristic drama returns and looks more probable than ever

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Corey Hawkins in "24: Legacy" (Fox)

New hero, same old day: “24: Legacy” returns a time-worn franchise to TV with a fresh face

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Opiate for the Masses: The dog days are here again with “Puppy Bowl,” “Spy in the Wild” and a famous kitten

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(ABC)

Midseason surprise: True to form, “Scandal” does the opposite of what we expect

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Mary Tyler Moore (AP/David F. Smith)

We’re gonna make it after all: Let’s throw our hats in the air for Mary Tyler Moore

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Ross Butler, Cole Sprouse and KJ Apa in "Riverdale" (The CW/Dean Buscher)

Archie goes dark: The CW’s “Riverdale” serves up a classic comic book character with a twist

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The 100 (The CW/Carole Segal)

Choose your own dystopia! Upcoming television shows illustrate a variety of ways that this could all go horribly wrong

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Jude Law in "The Young Pope" (HBO)

“The Young Pope” creator is “happy that it is a meme on Twitter”: Salon interviews Paolo Sorrentino

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Congress hasn’t come for PBS…yet. Trump transition team’s plans guarantee that it will

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