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The Romanoffs Follows Privilege All the Way DownMatthew Weiner’s first TV project since Mad Men is another portrait of white people in decline.
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Who Is The Circus For?It’s hard to say what this Showtime docuseries adds to our understanding of politics or the way the news cycle works.
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Amazon’s King Lear Captures the Heart of a Classic Shakespeare TragedyAt its best, the Anthony Hopkins-led adaptation feels as current and as timeless as a nightmare.
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The Good Place Is Still the BestStill surprising, still hilarious, still forking great.
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Murphy Brown Is Back and Ready to Take On Donald TrumpThe feminist sitcom revival isn’t afraid to be partisan, but it still has to work out a few kinks.
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FBI Is As Apolitical As a #BlueLivesMatter Bumper StickerDick Wolf says that his new CBS show isn’t “politically oriented.” He’s wrong.
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New Amsterdam Is Very, Very DumbA bad-boy doctor who breaks all the rules? You must be kidding!
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Credit Where Credit’s Due: Last Man Standing Is Unexpectedly WarmThe show has chosen to make a swerve toward vulnerability and self-knowledge.
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Who Gets to Define Jane Fonda?The HBO documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts reduces the Hollywood legend, even as it strives to exalt and empower her.
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The Good Cop Is an Uneasy Comedy About Corrupt PoliceThis Netflix show doesn’t have nearly enough self-awareness to handle such serious issues.
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Manifest Is Not the Next LostYeah, you can skip boarding this plane.
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Maniac Is a Hell of a DrugThis trippy series starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone is unlike anything else on Netflix.
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The New Magnum P.I. Shows a Lot of PromiseThe CBS reboot’s pilot captures most of what made the original great.
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Sorry for Your Loss Is a Wonderfully Sensitive Show About GriefThe Facebook Watch drama is meticulously observed and often cathartic.
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Jesus, the Emmys Were Sluggish This YearEven a surprise marriage proposal couldn’t overcome Colin Jost and Michael Che’s blasé style.
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The First Is a Very Different Kind of Space DramaThe Hulu series is an intimate story about astronauts and their families struggling through the messy business of living.
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Norm Macdonald Has a Show Is a Comedy RelicHe feels like a talk-show host who belongs to an older era.
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BoJack Horseman Season 5 Goes Deep on Grief, Addiction, and Sight GagsThe BoJack-centric storylines are terrific, and the stand-alone episodes about other characters are even better.
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Forever Is Really Great, But We’re Not Allowed to Tell You WhyMaya Rudolph and Fred Armisen’s Amazon show is shrouded in secrecy. But trust us: It’s one of the best of the fall.
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American Vandal Season Two Is Full of ItYou’ll miss the refined sophistication of season one’s dick jokes.
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The Deuce Season Two Takes a Big Leap ForwardThe HBO drama jumps ahead to an era of glitter balls, platform shoes, cocaine, and the open sale of sex.
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Lifetime’s You Is Absolutely BonkersIf you can get past the creepy premise, this show is a messy, murderous romp.
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Kidding Is a Terrific Showcase for Jim CarreyThe show is a little uneven, but this is the perfect role to mark Carrey’s return to TV.
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Why Does Iron Fist Season Two Exist?It’s an improvement in the way that stubbing your toe is an improvement over jamming your finger.
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Atypical Season 2 Widens Its Perspective, But Loses Some CharmThe Netflix dramedy about an autistic teen becomes even more of an ensemble piece in its second outing.
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Jack Ryan Is a (Literally) Explosive ThrowbackThe message of Amazon’s new show is simple: John Krasinski, good. Terrorists, bad.
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Ozark’s Second Season Is a Trip to Lake FlaccidThe Netflix crime series gets even darker and more plodding.
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What Was the Point of Who Is America?It was sometimes brilliant, sometimes juvenile, and mostly existed to expose the rise in shamelessness.
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The Seductive Horror of Sharp ObjectsEvery episode left me feeling anxious and depressed, yet immediately eager for more.
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The Innocents Is a Supernatural Teen Love StoryBut you can also watch it for Scandinavian farm-to-table lifestyle porn.
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Mayans M.C. Doesn’t Quite Measure Up to Its PredecessorKurt Sutter’s Sons of Anarchy follow-up is a show with its own personality and focus, though by no means a great one.
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The Affair Is Ridiculous But I Still Can’t Quit ItThe fourth season took a ton of absurd, soapy turns. But trying to divorce it was impossible.
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Disenchantment Does Not Cast a SpellMatt Groening’s first Netflix series is no Simpsons or Futurama.
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Netflix’s Insatiable Is an Utter DisasterYou probably heard this show was bad. But it’s way, way worse than that.
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Better Call Saul Season 4 Is Great Because It’s PatientThe pleasures of Better Call Saul are almost entirely visceral and emotional.
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Lodge 49 Is a Very Odd ShowThe AMC series doesn’t entirely work, but it has endearing and delightfully weird moments.
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The Sinner Season Two Is Instantly AddictiveIt also stars Carrie Coon, so yeah, you should watch it.
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Casual Flashes Forward for Its Great Final SeasonThe Hulu series didn’t generate buzz, but its fourth and last season shouldn’t be missed.
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Making It Is Reality TV That’s Good for the SoulIt’s Parks and Rec meets The Great British Baking Show.
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Castle Rock Is Creepy, But Can’t Escape Its Own DemonsThe Hulu series struggles to prove itself equal to Stephen King.
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Pose Is a Deeply American Story of Self-CreationThis is a powerful show about family as ideal, reality, and metaphor.
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Trial & Error: Lady Killer Is a Bonkers DelightKristin Chenoweth’s performance is gloriously unhinged in this NBC true-crime parody.
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Orange Is the New Black Season 6 Is Aimless, But Still CompellingDespite the problems with this sixth season, OITNB is still stacked with absorbing characters.
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Snowfall Season Two Is Like a Solid ’80s B MovieIn its second season, FX’s Southern California drug epic makes some notable improvements.
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