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Chris Pizzello / AP Sean Spicer and the Self-Contradicting Politics of the Emmys
The cameo by the former press secretary put a confusing spin on the many anti-Trump jokes of the night.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Women Won Big at the 2017 Emmys
This year’s top awards went to Big Little Lies, Veep, and The Handmaid’s Tale.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Will America Accept Refugees From Trump's White House?
In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Sean Spicer demonstrated why those fleeing the administration may find it difficult to start fresh.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Will Netflix or HBO Dominate the 2017 Emmy Awards?
What to expect from the 69th ceremony honoring the best of television
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FX Better Things Is Almost Perfect Television
The FX comedy-drama by Pamela Adlon is one of the sharpest and most poignant shows in recent memory.
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Cara Howe / Comedy Central Darkness on the Edge of Broad City
The manic-pixie yas kweens squirm under Trump in Season 4.
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Sundance TV The Strange Confusion of Top of the Lake: China Girl
Elisabeth Moss, Nicole Kidman, and Gwendoline Christie star in a returning series gone very wrong.
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Justina Mintz / HBO Insecure and the Fiction of Possibility
The HBO show’s Season 2 finale takes a Sliding Doors approach to its characters’ lives—to masterful effect.
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HBO The Deuce Is David Simon's Best Work Since The Wire
The new HBO show about 1970s-era Times Square is the rightful heir to that earlier masterpiece.
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Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP / Zak … The Remarkable Rise of Tiffany Haddish
The standup and Girls Trip star had a breakout summer, and her success points to how comedy has—and hasn’t—changed for women and entertainers of color.
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HBO / ABC / Netflix / CBS / … 29 New TV Shows to Watch This Fall
The Deuce revists the 1970s porn industry, American Horror Story considers the election, and Alias Grace brings another Margaret Atwood classic to the small screen.
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Frank Ockenfels / FX Turning the Trump Era Into a Horror Story
The FX anthology series AHS: Cult channels liberal anxieties for a gory, queasy romp.
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Showtime David Lynch Found the Perfect Ending for Twin Peaks
The 18-episode Showtime revival gave audiences both a tidy conclusion and a messy, dreamlike unraveling of everything that came before it.
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Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP / Katie … What Lena Waithe Wants From Hollywood
The Emmy-nominated actress and writer on what’s next after Master of None, creating her own show, and forcing the industry to pay attention to new black talent.
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Channel 4 The Great British Bake Off Keeps the Dream Alive
After a much-lamented shake-up, the beloved contest returned on Tuesday night with new stars but the same ethos.
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HBO Bran Stark and the Problem of Omniscience
The Game of Thrones character joins a long line of fictional oracles: inscrutable, all-knowing, and troublesome to the narrative.
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AP / Jordan Strauss Why Netflix Is Releasing So Many New Shows in 2018
The company is apparently ignoring warnings about "Peak TV."
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HBO Game of Thrones: About That Hookup
Incest, in this show, is a practice that is also a metaphor—for insularity, for myopia, for people’s unwillingness to see beyond themselves.
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HBO What Did Game of Thrones Accomplish This Year?
Three Atlantic staffers discuss "The Dragon and the Wolf," the Season 7 finale.
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NBC Saturday Night Live Needs to Ditch the Special Guests
The show’s summer Weekend Update specials have laid bare a troubling dependence on actors outside of the core ensemble.
