Quick Hits
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POSTED May 11, 2020
Jon Hein’s TV Picks – Week ofMay 11, 2020
Praising Normal, missing Eve, and the tribe will speak.
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POSTED May 11, 2020
The Verdict on Netflix's New Docuseries Trial By Media
This six-part docuseries has a lot to offer, but some episodes are better than others.
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POSTED May 10, 2020
Did Kate McKinnon Just Bid Farewell to SNL?
The longtime cast member seemed to signal her departure in last night's season finale.
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POSTED May 9, 2020
How Outlander Overcame Its Past Mistakes in Season 5
The Starz series has made a satisfying return to form in its fifth season.
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POSTED May 9, 2020
A Taxonomy of Actors Playing Dual Roles on TV
Where does Mark Ruffalo fit in TV's long tradition of twins, doubles, et al?
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POSTED May 8, 2020
Damien Chazelle Builds an Intoxicating World in Netflix's The Eddy
The La La Land director's new miniseries takes us deep into the life of a Parisian jazz club.
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POSTED May 8, 2020
Solar Opposites Brings the Demented Humor of Rick & Morty to Hulu
The aliens-next-door sitcom gets an animated send-up that's by turns clever and cheerfully violent.
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POSTED May 7, 2020
Has Hulu (Finally) Figured Out its Special Sauce?
The once-fledgling streamer has found new purpose under Disney's aegis.
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POSTED May 7, 2020
Survivor: Winners at War Somehow Failed to Fill Its Penultimate Episode
In a season where there's often been too MUCH happening, this week's show resorted to a super-sized in-episode promo?
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POSTED May 6, 2020
Who’s Who in HBO's I Know This Much is True
Meet the star-studded cast of the new six-part miniseries.
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POSTED May 6, 2020
Five Questions We Have Going Into Dead to Me Season 2
With another dead body and a whole new cover-up, Netflix's dark comedy has a lot on its plate as it returns this week.
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POSTED May 5, 2020
COVID TV Will Be Remembered for More Than the Disease That Caused It
From a pandemic came seat-of-the-pants greatness.
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POSTED May 5, 2020
HBO's Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind Refuses To Be True Crime
But the film's reluctance to engage with its subject's death makes it loom even larger.
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POSTED May 4, 2020
Good Girls Introduces The Woman Who Might Nail Our Heroes
Last night's ersatz season finale left us longing for more.
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POSTED May 4, 2020
Bravo Goes Upstairs Downstairs at an Adult Summer Camp
What you need to know about Camp Getaway.