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Beth Dubber / Netflix Unbelievable Is TV’s Most Humane Show
The Netflix series is a remarkable study of how sexual-assault investigations should be conducted, and how they shouldn’t.
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Patti Perret / Sony / SHOWTIME When the Scam Is the American Dream
On Becoming a God in Central Florida and The Righteous Gemstones, two shows about self-delusion and wealth, expose the costs of worshipping success.
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Focus Features Downton, Downton, Revolution
The beloved British stately home drama is back, and the timing couldn’t be worse.
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Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic / Getty Saturday Night Live Made a Mistake Hiring Shane Gillis
The news that the show had hired its first Chinese American cast member was quickly overshadowed by reports that another new hire had a history of racist remarks.
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Beth Dubber / Netflix / Klara Auerbach / ... Netflix’s Unbelievable Is a Different Sort of Drama About Sexual Assault
The new series aims to make viewers uncomfortable—but its creators say that’s the key to adapting a real-life rape case for the screen.
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Dave Bjerke / NBC / NBCU Photo Bank ... On Chandler Bing’s Job
Twenty-five years ago, Friends anticipated a time that would both romanticize and mistrust the culture of work.
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HBO How The Deuce Sidelined Desire
David Simon’s show about the sex industry has lost all its curiosity about what humans want.
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NBC Saturday Night Live Loses One of Its Most Dynamic Stars
Leslie Jones’s departure comes just as the show enters a big election year, seemingly with few other cast shake-ups.
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Ed Araquel / AMC The Uneven Historical Horror of The Terror: Infamy
AMC’s anthology series wants to disturb viewers with its depiction of the Japanese American internment. For some, that past will be too familiar to be shocking.
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Matt Humphrey The Nostalgic End of Fleabag
As the groundbreaking show concludes with a final theater run in London, audiences are left to grapple with its meaning.
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Peter Kramer/HBO Succession Invents a Terrifying New Game
The latest episode lays bare how Logan Roy always wins.
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OWN A Rare Show That Explores the Nuances of Black Boyhood
David Makes Man depicts the struggles of its young South Florida–raised protagonist without pathologizing the characters who surround him.
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Hulu This Way Up Is a Bountiful Binge Watch
Hulu’s latest British import is a delightful, openhearted comedy about a woman recovering from a nervous breakdown.
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Ali Goldstein / CBS The Cheap Thrills of The Kitchen and Why Women Kill
A new TV show and film tell similarly shallow stories about mistreated wives finding empowerment by getting revenge on their husbands.
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Laura Cavanaugh / Getty / Hulu / Showtime ... When Women Are Accused of Complicity
Recent television shows and news stories raise a similar question: Can systems of oppression function without the involvement of women?
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Ali Goldstein / Netflix In Season 3, GLOW Embraces Discomfort
This year, the Netflix comedy questions whether finding closure is possible outside the wrestling ring.
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Netflix The Patriarchal Allure of The Family
A new Netflix series delves into a shadowy religious group with long-standing political ties to Washington. Is it as powerful as the show suggests?
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HBO Succession Is Better Than Ever
Jesse Armstrong’s caustic HBO drama about a media dynasty is superb in Season 2.
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Amazon The Revelations of Meek Mill’s Legal Limbo
Free Meek, the Amazon docuseries about the rapper’s 12-year criminal-justice saga, is an impressive but revealing production that joins other high-profile efforts to address institutional reform.
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Netflix GLOW Goes Post-plot
In its third season, the Netflix comedy about women wrestlers takes an odd approach to storytelling.
