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Getty; The Atlantic Angry Football Fans Keep Punching Their TVs
And shooting them, and knifing them, and running them over with trucks
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RB/Bauer-Griffin / Getty; The Atlantic Never Underestimate Jennifer Coolidge
Even before her comeback, the actor excelled at humanizing characters who were written as mere laughingstocks.
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Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic; HBO; Naughty Dog … Television Is Better Without Video Games
HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us offers a definitive case for games’ narrative impoverishment.
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Peacock Poker Face Has a Sting in Its Tail
Natasha Lyonne is extremely fun to watch as a crime-solving waitress on the run.
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HBO Max The Line That Velma Crossed
The show’s real problem is its attitude toward viewers.
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Eduardo Castaldo / Netflix The Calamitous Lies of Adulthood
Netflix’s new adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s 2020 novel is a striking, moody show about the contours of deceit.
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Netflix The Joy of Watching Wednesday With Daughters
Gal Beckerman’s culture picks include two must-preorder spring books, Michelle Williams, and Indiana Jones.
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Christopher Polk / NBC / Getty The Speeches That Saved the Golden Globes
If the show succeeded, it was thanks to the likes of Michelle Yeoh, Jennifer Coolidge, and Ke Huy Quan.
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HBO The Last of Us Makes the Apocalypse Feel New Again
The HBO adaptation is well versed in the bleak clichés of the zombie genre, but it also offers something unexpected: empathy.
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Apple TV+ The Coziest Mystery Series Going
Kate Lindsay’s culture picks include a variety of murder mysteries and one go-to comfort sitcom.
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The Atlantic; Getty; HBO Max 13 Feel-Good TV Shows to Watch This Winter
The most comforting shows to watch during the coldest season
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Photos courtesy of Rob Delaney; Joanne Imperio / … The TV Shows That Helped My Dying Son Communicate
After my son got a brain tumor, his treatment left him unable to speak. Children’s shows that used the language program Makaton became a source of joy for our family.
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Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic; Getty; Amazon Studios; … How the Lessons of Game of Thrones Were Lost
A new generation of fantasy TV is here. Why is it so bleak?
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Fabio Lovino / HBO The Erudite, Absurd White Lotus Finale
Even for a show that has seemed dubious about human nature, Season 2 ended on a cynical note.
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Will Heath / NBC ‘Steve and Marty’ Revealed SNL’s Weaknesses
Even two comedy legends couldn’t help the show.
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Mitchell Haaseth / Netflix The Most Moving Scene in Love Is Blind
Jenisha Watts’s culture picks include a dramatic reality-TV moment, Viola Davis, and the young-adult writer Jason Reynolds.
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Raleigh News & Observer / Getty; The Atlantic The Reluctant Face of True Crime
Michael Peterson refuses to watch The Staircase.
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Will Heath / NBC The SNL Sketch That Perfectly Mocks Our Upside-Down Reality
The show finally got satire right ... with the help of Hello Kitty.
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Courtesy of HBO The Two Americas: The White Lotus Fans and Reacher Fans
David French’s culture picks include Amazon Prime as well as HBO Max hits, and a profoundly meaningful blockbuster art film.
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HLN; The Atlantic The End of Companion Television
CNN’s Headline News may seem thoroughly old-fashioned now that it’s dead. But its demise is a reminder of the creeping nature of media obsolescence.
