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Will Heath / NBC A Return to the Freaky, Awkward Glory Days of SNL
Thank goodness for Molly Shannon.
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Netflix A Comedy About the Misery of Having It All
In Netflix’s Beef, Ali Wong is the antiheroine TV deserves.
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Gilles Mingasson / ABC Not Just the Janitor of Abbott Elementary
Where would the school—or the show—be without Mr. Johnson?
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Illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Sources: … TV Has a Cynical Message for Humanity
What happens when stories start to break down in the face of relentless human failure?
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Macall B. Polay / HBO The Unexpected Tenderness of Succession
What a night inside the world’s saddest karaoke room revealed about the Roys
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Chris Reel / Prime Video Is Stanning a Sin?
Donald Glover’s twisted new show, Swarm, hints that our biggest stars fear their own fans.
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Claudette Barius / HBO The Real Succession Endgame
In the premiere of its fourth and final season, the HBO show offered familiar beats but also a hint of a new direction.
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Kailey Schwerman / Showtime Yellowjackets Understands the Horror of Toxic Best Friends
In the show’s second season, bonds formed in adolescence continue to bless and poison the present.
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Colin Hutton / Apple TV+ Ted Lasso Is No Longer Trying to Feel Good
In the show’s third season, everyone but Ted is on edge.
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Kevin Winter / Getty The Most Surprising Performance of the Oscars
Lady Gaga’s minimalist rendition of “Hold My Hand” stood out even in a night of unpredictable musical moments.
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Liane Hentscher / HBO What’s Missing From the Grand Finale of The Last of Us
In snapping back to faithfulness to the original video game, the show reminded us of its limits.
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Peacock What Makes Poker Face a Triumph
We don’t quite live in the country the show depicts. But, in an odd way, we should wish to.
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Kirill Bichutsky / Netflix The Fury of Chris Rock
In a new Netflix special, the comedian finally let loose about Will Smith. The moment was fascinating, angry, and raw.
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Kyle Dubiel / NBC What Does SNL Think of Straight Adult Men?
The sketch show’s latest parody of emotionally distant men had a surprising amount of heart.
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Benjamin McMahon / Contour by Getty The Movie That Helped Kazuo Ishiguro Make Sense of the World
The Nobel Prize–winning author’s work has long had a symbiotic relationship with cinema. His Oscar-nominated film, Living, is the logical next step.
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Lacey Terrell / Prime Video Daisy Jones and the Trap of the Love Triangle
How could a show about a chart-topping band care so little about the making of their music?
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Taskmaster SuperMax+ The Game Show That Parodies Your To-Do List
Taskmaster reveals both the inanity of our daily obligations and the joy that we can find in them.
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Liane Hentscher / HBO How The Last of Us Cherishes a Bygone World
Even as the show moves through a new postapocalyptic reality, it keeps a close eye on what’s been lost.
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Parrish Lewis / Netflix The Death of the Sex Scene
What we lose when intimacy gets added in postproduction
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Apple TV+ A Show About Mistaking Hype for Progress
In AppleTV+’s new dramedy Hello Tomorrow!, set in a retro-futuristic society, everything shiny is useless.
