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Bobby Berk, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness and Karamo Brown in "Queer Eye" (Christopher Smith/Netflix)

Smart Watch: Not all reality TV is trash! These unscripted shows are actually useful

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Carla Gugino in "Jett" (Ben Mark Holzberg/CINEMAX)

How Cinemax’s “Jett” does nudity — and plenty of it — right

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"Alternatino with Arturo Castro" (Cara Howe)

Arturo Castro’s “Alternatino”: Comedy that’s “leaving a little blood in the water”

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(ABC News)

ABC’s “30 Hours” Donald Trump special was a ratings bust — but in history’s long view, it will count

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Florentina Patru and Constantin Mutu on FX's "The Weekly" (FX)

Why the NY Times is breaking this devastating story about an asylum-seeking family on TV

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Hunter Schafer and Zendaya in "Euphoria" (Eddy Chen/HBO)

Smart Watch: HBO’s “Euphoria” is a party drug for some, effective birth control for others

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Fred Armisen in "Documentary Now!;" Aidy Bryant in "Shrill;" Kenan Thompson in "The Kenan Show" (Rhys Thomas/IFC/Hulu/Ron Batzdorff/NBC)

The “Saturday Night Live” star machine is alive and well

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"Marvel's Jessica Jones" (David Giesbrecht/Netflix)

The end of “Jessica Jones”: Better to burn out than fade away

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TV’s changing view of the change: The menopause conversation is getting better, finally

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Tucker Carlson; Rachel Maddow; Don Lemon (AP/Richard Drew/Steven Senne/Charles Syke)

Americans want journalists to fix the fake news problem. Can facts once again prevail?

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Dominique Jackson as Elektra in "Pose" (Macall Polay/FX)

Smart Watch: “Pose” returns with a season demanding to be seen

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Zoë Kravitz in "Big Little Lies" (Jennifer Clasen/HBO)

“Big Little Lies” is back to stare at the sea

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Olympia Dukakis in "Tales of the City" (Alison Cohen Rosa/Netflix)

“Tales of the City” is the safe haven everybody yearns for, but not many have

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Elisabeth Moss in "The Handmaid's Tale" (Elly Dassas)

Weaponized white feminism in “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “When They See Us”

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"The Handmaid's Tale;" "Shrill" (Elly Dassas/Allyson Riggs)

What TV still needs to show us about abortion

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Idris Elba as DCI John Luther in "Luther" (Des Willie/BBCAmerica)

Smart Watch: “Luther” and 5 more hot shows coming to TV in June

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Aunjanue Ellis and Ethan Herisse in "When They See Us" (Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix)

“When They See Us” demands we see the boys damaged by the Central Park jogger case

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Ian McShane in "Deadwood: The Movie" (Warrick Page/HBO)

“Deadwood: The Movie” is a send-off worth the long wait

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"Good Omens" (Chris Raphael)

Inside Neil Gaiman’s overstuffed “Good Omens” series is a magical comedy trying to get out

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Steve Kroft, Co-editor 60 MINUTES, and CBS News Correspondent (Craig Blankenhorn/CBS)

Can “60 Minutes” stay on top?

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Julianna Margulies as Dr. Nancy Jaax in "The Hot Zone" (National Geographic/Amanda Matlovich)

Smart Watch: Ebola drama “The Hot Zone” has all the symptoms of a classic miniseries

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"Vida" (Starz)

Love and loss in L.A.’s Eastside: Just by existing, Tanya Saracho’s “Vida” is a political act

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Maisie Williams as Arya Stark and Kit Harington as Jon Snow in "Game of Thrones" (Helen Sloan/HBO)

As “Game of Thrones” ends, we have to ask: What do we expect from a series finale?

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Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and Jon Snow (Kit Harington) in the "Game of Thrones" series finale (Helen Sloan/HBO)

“Game of Thrones” finale: The Iron Throne apparently goes to the person with the best story

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