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    Does Tony Live or Die at the End of The Sopranos?Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall debate TV’s most famous ending.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall
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    Brooklyn Nine-Nine Is Back, Thank GodOn its new NBC home, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is just as goofy, warm, and funny as ever.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    You’re the Worst Is Still the Best in Its Final SeasonWill Gretchen and Jimmy actually get married? One of the great pleasures of the final season is finding out the answer.
    By Jen Chaney
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    The 2019 Golden Globes Were Anything But a RhapsodyThe show had its moments (Regina King! Glenn Close! The Americans!), but was mostly a disappointment.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Surviving R. Kelly Is a Necessary Awakening, But It Asks the Wrong QuestionsThe docuseries walks the line between honoring these survivors’ memories and exploiting them.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
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    The Masked Singer Is a Reality-TV Fever DreamIt’s a warped, through-the-looking-glass vision of a singing competition. And it’s pretty entertaining.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    Tidying Up With Marie Kondo Is Surprisingly WatchableIn Marie Kondo’s Netflix reality series, conspicuous consumers are just like us.
    By Jen Chaney
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    A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Review of Black Mirror: BandersnatchEveryone’s talking about Black Mirror’s interactive movie. But is it any good? Hopscotch through this review to find out.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Watership Down Is a Children’s Fable That Doesn’t Shy Away From DeathThe Netflix–BBC adaptation of Richard Adams’s best seller will enthrall and terrify a new generation.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    With The Innocent Man, Have We Reached a True-Crime Tipping Point?The Netflix series, based on John Grisham’s book, is a cautionary tale for the genre.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Ellen DeGeneres’s Netflix Special Is an Hour-long FlexEllen’s first special in 15 years revolves around a simple question: Is a world-famous TV star still relatable enough to be a comedian?
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    Marvel’s Runaways Finally Fulfills Its Premise, and Some of Its PromiseThe Hulu series improves by letting its superpowered teens finally run away from their evil parents — but it can’t fully escape them.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    Springsteen on Broadway, Without the Hassle of BroadwayIf you couldn’t get a ticket to Bruce Springsteen’s Tony-winning show, this Netflix special is the next best thing.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Counterpart Is Still Stuck Between Worlds in Season TwoIf only there were a version of this show that was exactly the same, but also slightly different.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    Nightflyers Is a Space PlodysseyThe adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s sci-fi horror novella only delivers in fits and starts.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season Two Doesn’t Slow Down One BitThe Emmy Award–winning comedy is even more marvelous in its second outing.
    By Jen Chaney
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    A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding Is Just As Ridiculous As the OriginalSomething’s rotten in the state of Aldovia. Again.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    Dirty John Is a Real-Life Horror StoryThe Bravo drama falls squarely into the “men are trash who might kill you” subgenre of true-crime potboiler.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    The Little Drummer Girl Is Dazzling, But BloodlessPark Chan-wook’s adaptation of the John le Carré spy novel is a lavishly produced, intelligent, tasteful mixed bag.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    My Brilliant Friend Is an Intimate Adaptation of a Beloved NovelBased on Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan books, HBO’s My Brilliant Friend is a late-breaking candidate for show of the year.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Queen America Earns Half a CrownThe Catherine Zeta-Jones–starring Facebook Watch series is not great, but it gets points for attempting to bring nuance to the beauty pageant world.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Escape at Dannemora Is an Extraordinary Prison Break Turned HumdrumEven with stellar performances by Patricia Arquette and Benicio del Toro, this Showtime drama is longer than it needs to be.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    The Kominsky Method Is a Funny But Frustrating Portrait of Aging MasculinityChuck Lorre’s Netflix series is a fantastic showcase for Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin. But it has little regard for anyone besides them.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    Must Love DogsThis six-part Netflix docuseries is such a good boy.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Room 104 Season Two Is Weird, Surprising, and Packed With Great ActorsThe new season of the Duplass brothers’ HBO anthology series lands a lot more hits than misses.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Netflix’s Westside Is an Instagram Ad Made FleshThis jumbled mishmash of reality TV drama, making-of doc, and music video briefly coalesces into something greater than the sum of its parts.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    Sally4Ever Is an Unbridled Squirm FestEveryone on this HBO show is awful. This will either amuse you or drive you crazy.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Pod Save America Is So Much Better Than AxiosBoth of these HBO shows are about politics and Trump, but only one of them is forthright about how partisan it is.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    The Legacy and the Lunacy of House of CardsThe show’s final season considers serious issues raised by the 2016 election, and it also gets completely nuts.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Shut Up and Dribble Makes a Powerful Case for Athletes Who Speak UpLeBron James co-exec produces this thoughtful docuseries, which explores the NBA’s history of racial justice and protest.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Outlander Season 4 Is As Outlander As It GetsClaire and Jamie move to America, but this Starz drama maintains the same escapist spirit, for better and worse.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Patriot Act Cements Hasan Minhaj As a Necessary Voice in Late NightThe Daily Show vet infuses his Netflix show with a stand-up sensibility and his perspective as the Muslim son of Indian immigrants.
    By Jen Chaney
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    There Is Life After Death for House of Cards and The ConnersBoth shows are fascinating, though each ends up being mainly about the void left by the loss of its star.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Bodyguard Is Now on Netflix, So Prepare for a Nail-Biting BingeThe tense British hit starring Game of Thrones’ Richard Madden will hook you from minute one.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Is a Decadently Malevolent Halloween TreatThe witchy teen drama offers chills, delights, and an intriguing spin on a young woman’s quest for freedom.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
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    Homecoming Is Must-See Mystery-Box TVJulia Roberts stars in your next Reddit-thread-inspiring TV addiction.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Making a Murderer Part Two Is True Crime Turned PloddingNetflix’s follow-up investigation of the Brendan Dassey and Steven Avery convictions leans on nitty-gritty legal procedure.
    By Jen Chaney
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    In Wanderlust, Toni Collette Gets Serious About SexCollette’s luminous performance is a highlight in this Netflix series about an open marriage.
    By Jen Chaney
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    What Sorry for Your Loss Understands About Mourning a Loved OneIt’s emotional work to watch this sterling Facebook Watch series.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Salt Fat Acid Heat Actually Wants You to CookThe Netflix docuseries is a joyful revolution in the world of highbrow foodie shows.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    The Conners Doesn’t Need RoseanneMinus Roseanne Barr and Trumpian politics, The Conners moves forward in funny, sturdy fashion.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Charmed Is a Hollow Celebration of Sisterhood and Female PowerI wanted to like the CW’s reboot of Charmed. But it’s the wrong show coming at the right moment.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
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    Elite Is Your New Favorite Teen DramaThe Netflix series is like Riverdale, Gossip Girl, and Big Little Lies rolled up into an improbably delicious murder mystery.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    Camping Is a Maddening, Amusing TripJennifer Garner is great, but Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner’s new show isn’t quite there yet.
    By Jen Chaney
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    The Haunting of Hill House Is Scary But SlowThe horror series gets sufficiently creepy for a Halloween binge, even if it suffers from Netflix bloat.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 4 Beats the OddsShows like CXG rarely get onto mainstream TV, much less sustain their concept over the long haul.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Lodge 49 Nails the Sad Absurdity of Modern LifeIt’s a charming stroll through the ruins of late capitalism that feels real and metaphorical at once.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Basketball: A Love Story Is Good, But It’s No Slam DunkIf you have the slightest interest in basketball, you’ll still want to watch this massive ESPN docuseries.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Better Call Saul Ends a Bleak, Beautiful SeasonSaul caps off its best season yet with a bruisingly sad finale.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Big Mouth Season 2 Is a Hilarious and Vital Portrait of PubertyThis show isn’t just funny. It also makes an important message about the way we discuss sex.
    By Jen Chaney
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