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Vulture and New York TV critic Jen Chaney previously worked for the Washington Post and has bylines at the New York Times and Vanity Fair. She also wrote As If: The Complete Oral History of Clueless.

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    Lin-Manuel Miranda Joins the Sexy Dickinson Hive#TeamDickheads
  2. party report
    James Corden Did an Uncanny Anna Wintour Cosplay at the American Portrait Gala“I wouldn’t dare say whether you or Meryl did it better.”
  3. star wars
    Maybe The Mandalorian Should Just Be About Baby Yoda?All together now: Awwwww!
  4. disney+
    Why The Simpsons Episode With Michael Jackson Is Still Worth Watching“Stark Raving Dad” has been shelved indefinitely. But it’s still an important cultural artifact.
  5. the mandalorian
    Just a Whole Bunch of Questions About Baby YodaAnd what it means for the Star Wars universe.
  6. disney+
    When Disney Gains The Simpsons, What Do We All Lose?The streaming boom has warped our sense of pop-cultural history. And it’s going to get a lot worse.
  7. tv review
    The Mandalorian Has the Droids (and Bounty Hunter) You’re Looking ForThe new Disney+ live-action Star Wars series shows enough promise in its sleek, stylish first episode to keep fans coming back for more.
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    Back to Life Finds the Sweet Spot Between Melancholy and ComedyIt’s tempting to compare the BBC/Showtime series starring Daisy Haggard to Fleabag, but it’s both darker and lighter in its approach.
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    The Highs and Lows of the (Barely) Live Little MermaidBreaking down the best, worst, and most baffling moments of ABC’s live-action and animated experiment.
  10. tv review
    The End of the F***ing World Should’ve Ended With Season OneThe second season of the British series starts off strong, but quickly runs out of gas.
  11. tv
    The TV Shows We Loved in 2019Succession, Unbelievable, and more of the year’s TV standouts.
  12. tv review
    The Crown Carries on Splendidly in Season 3A seamless casting change, in which the great Olivia Colman takes over as Her Majesty, marks the Netflix series’ smooth transition into a new era.
  13. q&a
    Raphael Bob-Waksberg on Beginning BoJack Horseman’s EndingThe creator of Netflix’s equine Hollywood dramedy talks about finding his way toward the series’ endgame with clarity and optimism.
  14. tv review
    The Morning Show Wants You to WatchThe Apple TV+ series is eager to draw you in and be taken seriously. For the most part, it succeeds.
  15. scene report
    Neal Brennan Gave the Best Speech at Dave Chappelle’s Mark Twain Prize Ceremony“Writing and directing Dave sometimes was as simple as me standing onstage with my jaw hanging open, going, ‘Uh, cut?’”
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    Dave Chappelle Is Honored, With Honesty, at the Kennedy CenterJon Stewart, Tiffany Haddish, Neil Brennan, and others paid tribute to the comedian at the Kennedy Center.
  17. tv review
    Silicon Valley Is Ending at Exactly the Right TimeThe HBO comedy enters its sixth and final season with just the right amount of gas left in its tank to finish the journey it began back in 2014.
  18. tv review
    In Daybreak, the Apocalypse Is Just Like High SchoolIt’s also very reminiscent of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
  19. tv review
    BoJack Horseman Is Still Improving, But BoJack Horseman Is As Good As It GetsAs BoJack sorts out life in and after rehab, the Netflix series gets more mileage out of its Hollywood satire.
  20. living with yourself
    What Living With Yourself’s Creator Learned From Cloning Paul Rudd“It’s made me much more conscious of my posture. Stand straight and you’ll be a better version of yourself.”
  21. succession
    Succession Creator Jesse Armstrong on Fan Theories and That Finale TwistAnd why he’s reluctant to say exactly what happened between Logan and Kendall.
  22. tv review
    Living With Yourself Doubles the Paul Rudd, Doubles the FunPlaying against himself, the endlessly likable actor ably carries this funny, smart, Charlie Kaufman–esque series.
  23. spoilers
    Let’s Talk About That Brilliant Succession EndingTurns out a “blood sacrifice” wasn’t the season finale’s big reveal after all.
  24. spoilers
    Should We Be Happy for Jesse at the End of El Camino?The conclusion of the Breaking Bad movie isn’t so clear-cut.
  25. close reads
    Shiv Is Exactly Who You Think She IsSuch an Ivanka.
  26. chat room
    Is Cousin Greg Doomed on Succession?“In the finale, he makes decisions that are indicative of how far he is willing to go to be a Roy.”
  27. tv review
    Big Mouth Season 3 Takes a Bigger-Picture View of PubertyThe Netflix animated series is still about sexual transformation and boner jokes, but it’s increasingly about more than that.
  28. close reads
    The Good Place Is the Quintessential TV Show of the Trump EraIt’s not about politics, but its themes and concerns are right in line with what’s happened since 2016.
  29. tv review
    Evil Is Smart, Scary, and PhilosophicalCan Michelle and Robert King just make all the CBS shows?
  30. awards season
    The Emmys Proved That Award Shows Actually Do Need HostsJust not the traditional kind of host.
  31. movie review
    Downton Abbey Cordially Invites You to Fall in Love With It AgainThe movie is basically a bigger, grander episode of the TV show. In a good way.
  32. emmys 2019
    The Emmys Finally Looked to the FutureGame of Thrones and SNL won, but this year’s Emmys leaned toward the future more than ever.
  33. close reads
    As ER Turns 25, a Look at How Its Visual Style Changed the TV GameWhen ER debuted in 1994, its kinetic, Steadicam energy was like nothing else on TV.
  34. predictions
    Who’s Gonna Win at the 2019 Emmys? And Who Should Really Win?Our expert predictions.
  35. close reads
    Unbelievable Is the Most Feminist Crime Show I’ve Ever SeenThe quiet but sturdy feminism of Netflix’s remarkable true-crime drama.
  36. remembrances
    Remembering Ric Ocasek, the Magic Man of American New WaveOcasek’s songwriting and oddball frontman style gave the band its boundless appeal.
  37. friends anniversary
    Friends Is a Gen X Show. Why Don’t We Ever Call It That?Baby boomers created it. Millennials and Gen Y kept it popular. But Friends will always be about Gen X.
  38. hardest things
    The Hardest, Strangest, Most Unforgettable Jobs In HollywoodTV and movie craftspeople share their stories (and a great dip recipe).
  39. tv review
    The Transparent Musicale Finale Is the Best and Worst of Transparent All in OneThe series concludes with a musical that teeters between self-parody and daring celebration, without ever fully falling on either side.
  40. tv review
    Undone Is a Fascinating Head TripIt’s never quite clear where this new animated series from Bojack Horseman’s Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy will jump to next.
  41. tv review
    Unbelievable Is a Radical, Exceptional Crime SeriesThe Netflix drama starring Merritt Wever and Toni Collette is less about finding the bad guy than it is about the value of understanding the victim.
  42. hardest things
    The Hardest Costume I Ever Designed11 costume designers on meeting the excruciating demands of Hollywood.
  43. fall preview 2019
    The Best and Biggest TV Shows to Watch This FallThe Morning Show, Watchmen, Nancy Drew, and more.
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    How Ready or Not’s Nicky Guadagni Landed on This Face for Aunt Helene“I had no idea how grotesque I looked until I saw the trailer.”
  45. emmy insider
    Chernobyl Was the Easiest Thing Craig Mazin Has Ever Written“I’ll probably never write that freely again, because now every time I write something, I’ve got to think, ‘Well, it’s no Chernobyl …’”
  46. tv review
    13 Reasons Why I Couldn’t Stand 13 Reasons Why Season 3The latest season of the Netflix teen drama strikes more wrong notes than we can count. Wait, sorry — we actually can count them.
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    Mindhunter’s Holt McCallany Unpacks Two of This Season’s Biggest ScenesYes, one of them involves Charles Manson.
  48. tv review
    The Affair: Once More Into the OceanMaura Tierney’s performance anchors the Showtime drama as it navigates its fifth and final season.
  49. tv review
    Mindhunter Season Two Is Questioning Us, TooNetflix’s serial killer drama will immediately worm its way back into your head, but not without sparking a bout of self-examination.
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    The Righteous Gemstones Doesn’t Quite Get a HallelujahDespite a strong cast, Danny McBride’s HBO comedy about preaching doesn’t know who its choir is.
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