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Beef is the best show Netflix has had in recent memoryBeef is the best show Netflix has had in recent memory
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Netflix and A24’s Beef is astounding, anti-ambient TV.

By Alex Abad-Santos
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The climate apocalypse is also a religious crisisThe climate apocalypse is also a religious crisis
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Extrapolations’ Dorothy Fortenberry on God, Laudato si’, and the climate crisis.

By Alissa Wilkinson
The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”
Succession: Well, that happenedSuccession: Well, that happened
The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”

With a shocker of an episode, Succession sets the succession in motion.

By Whizy Kim
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On Yellowjackets, teen girl friendship hurts like cannibalismOn Yellowjackets, teen girl friendship hurts like cannibalism
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The cannibal feast of the hit Showtime drama has finally begun.

By Constance Grady
The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”
On Succession, all the world’s a stage, and the Roys are flubbing their linesOn Succession, all the world’s a stage, and the Roys are flubbing their lines
The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”

But Connor finally gets his moment in the spotlight.

By Whizy Kim
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What fake pop stars say about our real worldWhat fake pop stars say about our real world
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Swarm shows there’s nothing funny about a fake pop star.

By Ari Saperstein
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Swarm isn’t a love letter to Black women. It’s hate mail.Swarm isn’t a love letter to Black women. It’s hate mail.
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If Donald Glover wants to prove he respects Black women, Swarm isn’t it.

By Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
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The fantasy of Ted Lasso and the reality of Jason SudeikisThe fantasy of Ted Lasso and the reality of Jason Sudeikis
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The Jason Sudeikis-Olivia Wilde breakup changed the way watching Ted Lasso feels.

By Constance Grady
The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”
What Logan Roy’s sad birthday party tells you about the new season of SuccessionWhat Logan Roy’s sad birthday party tells you about the new season of Succession
The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”

It’s Logan Roy’s birthday party and he’ll further alienate his kids if he wants to.

By Whizy Kim
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The Last of Us: What you need to know about the show and gameThe Last of Us: What you need to know about the show and game
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News, reviews, and more on HBO Max’s The Last of Us.

By Vox Staff
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Love Is Blind’s fourth season is its villain eraLove Is Blind’s fourth season is its villain era
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The Netflix dating show’s contestants are not okay.

By Alex Abad-Santos
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The case for Rick and MortyThe case for Rick and Morty
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Co-creator Justin Roiland parted ways with Adult Swim over domestic violence charges, and the show will never be the same. That’s okay, it was never the same to begin with.

By Sam Thielman
The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”
Season 4 of Succession is going to be a bloodbathSeason 4 of Succession is going to be a bloodbath
The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”

The show’s final season begins Sunday. Which Roy will rise to the top is anyone’s guess.

By Whizy Kim
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The Vanderpump Rules cheating scandal, for people who have never watched the showThe Vanderpump Rules cheating scandal, for people who have never watched the show
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Tom Sandoval, Raquel Leviss, and Ariana Madix make for the reality TV version of Fleetwood Mac.

By Alex Abad-Santos
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Party Down’s new season says hustle culture is a scamParty Down’s new season says hustle culture is a scam
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14 years later, we’re all still trying to make it work.

By Alissa Wilkinson
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Netflix’s Perfect Match is a panopticon of sex and humiliationNetflix’s Perfect Match is a panopticon of sex and humiliation
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Ceaseless watcher, gaze upon this wretched thing.

By Alex Abad-Santos
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What rewatching old shows teaches us about ourselvesWhat rewatching old shows teaches us about ourselves
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Returning to familiar TV shows is about more than nostalgia.

By Allie Volpe
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Prestige TV can’t beat the experience of playing Last of UsPrestige TV can’t beat the experience of playing Last of Us
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What The Last of Us on HBO misses — that the video game gets right.

By Mac Schwerin
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Can more Harry Potter ever be okay?Can more Harry Potter ever be okay?
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Is the magic of Hogwarts Legacy — or any new Harry Potter storyline — ever worth enabling JKR’s transphobia?

By Aja Romano
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What to watch this winter when there’s nothing to watchWhat to watch this winter when there’s nothing to watch
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The underrated, underwatched shows you’re missing out on.

By Marin Cogan, Constance Grady and 6 more
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Peacock’s The Traitors should be your new reality TV obsessionPeacock’s The Traitors should be your new reality TV obsession
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Traitors feels like a game anyone could win, except for the people Peacock cast.

By Alex Abad-Santos
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A Night Court reboot review from Night Court’s biggest fanA Night Court reboot review from Night Court’s biggest fan
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The new Night Court doesn’t live up to its predecessor, but no one really expected it to.

By Sara Morrison
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The old man-ification of TV is hereThe old man-ification of TV is here
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Yellowstone has lured a litany of movie legends to take over television in shows like Tulsa King and 1923.

By Aja Romano
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Hulu’s Kindred solves the Handmaid’s Tale problemHulu’s Kindred solves the Handmaid’s Tale problem
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The 8-episode first season forms an uneven, haunting adaptation of Octavia Butler’s classic.

By Constance Grady
Is the right winning the comedy wars?
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Why liberals and conservatives don’t get each others’ jokes.

By Constance Grady
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Star Wars’ evil Empire can feel a little corny — but then came AndorStar Wars’ evil Empire can feel a little corny — but then came Andor
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Andor actually shows why the Empire is terrifying.

By Sonia Saraiya
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The White Lotus’s explosive season finale, explainedThe White Lotus’s explosive season finale, explained
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Who died (and who survived) at The White Lotus.

By Alex Abad-Santos
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Netflix’s Harry and Meghan docuseries brings nothing new to the tableNetflix’s Harry and Meghan docuseries brings nothing new to the table
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The three-episode first volume trods extremely familiar ground.

By Constance Grady
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Why is Hulu’s Fleishman Is in Trouble so boring?Why is Hulu’s Fleishman Is in Trouble so boring?
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The TV adaptation, now on Hulu and FX, is too literary for its own good.

By Constance Grady
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The White Lotus is reinventing the ugly American touristThe White Lotus is reinventing the ugly American tourist
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We just want to see annoying rich people sent to an emotional gulag.

By Alex Abad-Santos
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The surreal true crimes behind Hulu’s Welcome to ChippendalesThe surreal true crimes behind Hulu’s Welcome to Chippendales
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A pair of real-life murders bookend this series starring Kumail Nanjiani and Murray Bartlett.

By Aja Romano
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How Love Is Blind became a horror showHow Love Is Blind became a horror show
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Netflix’s hit show had real romantic promise in the first season. Now, it’s sadistic.

By Alex Abad-Santos
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Does it matter how real The Crown is?Does it matter how real The Crown is?
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Season five of “The Crown” is somehow both too accurate and too distorted for the royal family’s supporters.

By Aja Romano
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Sex, death, and apocalypse meet in season 2 of The White LotusSex, death, and apocalypse meet in season 2 of The White Lotus
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A new Italian season of the hit HBO show is haunted by mortality.

By Alissa Wilkinson
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House of the Dragon, HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel, is finally hereHouse of the Dragon, HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel, is finally here
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HBO’s highly anticipated Game of Thrones prequel is finally here, and there’s a lot to unpack.

By Vox Staff
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House of the Dragon season finale: The dragons come home to roostHouse of the Dragon season finale: The dragons come home to roost
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House of the Dragon’s first season staved off war as long as it could.

By Aja Romano
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House of the Dragon never lets you forget the ways men objectify womenHouse of the Dragon never lets you forget the ways men objectify women
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“The Green Council” gives us fights, flights, a fetish, a fire, and feminism.

By Aja Romano
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House of the Dragon’s tense, awkward family reunionHouse of the Dragon’s tense, awkward family reunion
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Prophecies and fatal misunderstandings abound.

By Aja Romano
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House of the Dragon passes enmity from parents to childrenHouse of the Dragon passes enmity from parents to children
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The in-fights between Alicent and Rhaenyra have just become their children’s war.

By Aja Romano
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What do true crime series like Dahmer owe the victims?What do true crime series like Dahmer owe the victims?
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True crime has made huge strides in centering the victim. But we keep getting series like the Netflix docudrama.

By Aja Romano