Melanie McFarland (page 59)

Melanie McFarland is Salon's award-winning senior culture critic. Follow her on Bluesky: @McTelevision

Soul of a Nation

Reckonings, pain and joy: ABC's ambitious "Soul of a Nation" explores all of it for all Americans Melanie McFarland

Tina Fey; Amy Poehler; Golden Globe

The Golden Globes' cringey attempts at diversity signaling was a joke Melanie McFarland

Dickinson

"Dickinson" presents an Emily ablaze, incinerating false male allies Melanie McFarland

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Hulu's irksome "United States vs. Billie Holiday" is a stunning, soul-wrenching debut for Andra Day Melanie McFarland

Ginny & Georgia

"Ginny & Georgia" isn't "Gilmore Girls" redux – it's darker, riskier and far more fun Melanie McFarland

The CW's new Superman series takes on corporate America, which is as unexciting as that sounds Melanie McFarland

Allen v. Farrow

HBO's wrenching "Allen v. Farrow" builds a damning case against Woody Allen's credibility & egomania Melanie McFarland

The Bachelor; Bridgerton

From "The Bachelor" to "Bridgerton," examining the fraught dynamics of interracial romance on TV Melanie McFarland

WandaVision; Kenan

"Kenan," "WandaVision" and the case against forcing laughter into grief Melanie McFarland

Amend

In Netflix's stirring "Amend," stars anguish over the injustices that led to the 14th Amendment Melanie McFarland

Dwayne Johnson in

With "Young Rock," is Dwayne Johnson starting his presidential campaign 10 years early? Melanie McFarland

The Black Church

PBS' ambitious & fraught "Black Church" takes a tour of America's complex history, music and faith Melanie McFarland

The Luminaries

"The Luminaries" is a simple, heavenward gaze at an affair interrupted by a con Melanie McFarland

The Stand

"The Stand" finale is aggravating confirmation that Stephen King still needs more Black friends Melanie McFarland

Clarice

"Clarice" takes the extraordinary "Silence of the Lambs" agent and makes her network-ordinary Melanie McFarland

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