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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Hollywood Dual Strike Isn’t Just About the Writers and Actors
Many of Hollywood’s workers are watching the dual strike from the outside, and wondering how to make labor function for them.
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Jemal Countess / Getty Russell Brand Wasn’t an Anomaly
The former TV host and actor was a mascot, at best, for a media culture that routinely dehumanized and hypersexualized young women.
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Apple The Morning Show Has a Star Problem
The series should capture the wild ambition and tense charms of the TV business. Its leads don’t telegraph any of that.
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Netflix The Problems That Marriage Can’t Fix
Rather than explore the complexities of building a life together, Netflix’s The Ultimatum too often touts matrimony for matrimony’s sake.
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Focus Features A Rom-Com Franchise That Needs to End
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 is uncomfortable to watch, squandering whatever goodwill the series once had.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: HBO. Okay, the 1980s Lakers Were Great—What Else?
HBO’s streaming show about the “Showtime” era is doing too much in its second season, without saying anything of consequence.
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Patrick Harbron / Hulu Meryl Streep Is Giving Yet Another Killer Performance
The addition of the star to Only Murders in the Building has, unsurprisingly, made the show’s new season much more worth watching.
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Shane Brown / FX The Open Wounds of Reservation Dogs
The final season of FX’s ensemble comedy is a resonant coming-of-age-story for its teenaged and adult characters alike.
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Craig Blankenhorn / Max When Wealth Fixes (Almost) Everything
The status-obsessed characters of And Just Like That are discovering the limits of throwing money at their relationship problems.
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Craig Blankenhorn / Max An Absurdly Unrelatable Show Has a Relatable Moment
Despite its ludicrous storylines, And Just Like That manages to get something right about modern parenting.
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Bluey Images / Disney In Praise of Bluey, the Most Grown-Up Television Show for Children
The hit Australian cartoon doesn’t hesitate to explore complicated feelings in a way that kids can understand, and that their parents will appreciate.
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Thomas Wilson / HBO You May Not Know Where This Show Is Headed—But You’ll Enjoy the Journey
How to With John Wilson has chronicled some of New York City’s strangest residents. Now its creator is stepping into the spotlight.
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Ryan Green / HBO The Surprising Profundity of The Righteous Gemstones
Danny McBride’s show about a flawed evangelical family is goofy on its face but unusually eloquent on the subject of forgiveness.
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Vanessa Clifton / Netflix The Indignity and Joy of Starting Over After a Breakup
Survival of the Thickest stars the comedian Michelle Buteau as a brokenhearted stylist intent on making “beautiful thickums” feel good about themselves.
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Starz Porn Set Women Up From the Start
The Starz comedy Minx and the recent podcast Stiffed illustrate the difficulty of commodifying what women want.
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ByronCohen / FX An Unlikely Model for Male Friendship
Beneath the hijinks and lewdness, the show Dave charts how real vulnerability is essential to male bonding.
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Illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Sources: … 11 Undersung TV Shows to Watch This Summer
A guide to the best under-the-radar series from this year, available on a streaming service near you
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Video by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Sources: … Can Movie Fans Ever Have a Nice Thing?
Turner Classic Movies is facing deep staffing cuts—and with them, concern over what its future programming will look like.
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Netflix A Strikingly Honest Reality Show About Sex, Money, and Health
On Netflix’s Love Village, sex is not salacious or scandalous; it’s simply part of a well-lived life.
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FX The Radical Reinvention of The Bear
The second season of Hulu’s hit show explores its ensemble’s ability to embrace change, to profound effect.
